Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. We hear these things now, but we heard them in 1965 when Medicare was being proposed--socialized medicine, an unfair government intrusion into our lives. Medicare is a popular, successful program. I support it. But the Republicans didn't support it then, and they don't support it now. The Affordable Care Act is an excellent bill. I proudly voted for it because as a result of that legislation we're already seeing young people being able to get insurance up to 26 years of age on their parents' policies. We're already seeing seniors getting help to pay for their prescription drugs. We are seeing insurance companies prohibited from the abuses where they put lifetime limits, and they're going to be stopped from denying people health insurance because of preexisting medical conditions. This is good, and we're going to get even more benefits for over 30 million Americans when the bill is fully in place. It's a good bill. The Republicans would like to repeal it. But let's not forget, they didn't want Medicare in the first place. Mr. Chairman, now that I've used my minute, I would like to yield 3 minutes to a member of our committee from the State of Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), who has been very involved in helping seniors on all of these programs, whether it's Social Security or Medicare or Medicaid. She is very knowledgeable and highly respected--a little shorter than the podium, but I'm pleased to yield to her. (Ms.…”