On the recordNovember 14, 2013
I thank the Senator. I see the Senator from Colorado is here as well. It was so interesting to see Republican Senator after Republican Senator come down here to focus on one of the problems we are having and are going to fix. Not one of them touched any of the issues my colleague spoke about or I spoke about or that the Senator from Connecticut did, which is the broad look at what we were facing when we passed the Affordable Care Act, the benefits that have gone into place that are saving our families from bankruptcy and saving lives. I know my friend was very clear. When the Senator said that to see this become all about politics is something that is so wrong--we all know there is a time for politics. The Senator and I are into that. We understand that. There is a time and place. There is also a time and place to put that aside and help our families. I wished to ask my friend a couple of questions. Does he not remember, as I do, that years ago as we were facing a crisis in health care in this Nation, before the Affordable Care Act, we found out from constituents over and over that their insurance company would walk away from them just at the time they got sick? They thought they had a policy, as some of our people think they have good policies that do not meet the standards, but when they got sick--I remember constituents saying they get a call: You know, back 5 years ago you didn't mention the fact that you once had high blood pressure. We are sorry.…
