On the recordJuly 31, 2012
I thank the Senator from New York for putting this into context for America. What has happened here this morning is, instead of celebrating with us because tomorrow, August 1, an entire list of preventive services for women goes into effect because of ObamaCare--yes, our health care law--the Republican leader says he wants to repeal all those benefits. Not only does the Republican leader, on behalf of the Republican minority, want to repeal the benefits that go into effect tomorrow for women, he wants to repeal the entire health care bill. He wants to have an amendment to the cyber security bill--which is so critical to our national security--he wants to put an amendment on there to repeal a law that the U.S. Supreme Court found was constitutional and whose benefits are beginning to take hold in this country, benefits that mean right now people are receiving refund checks in the mail because their insurance company overcharged them, and under ObamaCare you cannot do that, and hundreds of millions of dollars are going out to our people. The Republicans want to, I assume, force those people to send back their refunds because they want to repeal ObamaCare. Look at the list of preventive health benefits I have on this chart that are already in effect because of the legislation. Already because of health reform--and I see Senator Harkin in the Chamber, who shepherded this through, as our dear friend Ted Kennedy became sicker and sicker with brain cancer.…
