Political Quotes

“Despite Republicans' conviction to defund, dismantle, and shut the Federal Government down because they want to deny health care to millions of Americans, exchanges have opened across the country with overwhelming response. In fact, in my home State of California, Covered California, which is California's exchange, reported 5 million page views to their Web site by 3 o'clock in the afternoon, exceeding expectations. Women can no longer be charged more for just being a woman. Victims of domestic violence can no longer be denied coverage for having a preexisting condition, and insurance companies can no longer increase premiums to increase profits while delivering less health care to consumers. Mr. Speaker, the American people are tired of this. Hostage-taking is a deplorable tactic. Shutting down the government in exchange for denying health care for millions is morally wrong. Let's reopen the government. We should do it now. The American people deserve us to do our job to keep government functioning. That's our patriotic duty. ____________________”