"The facts are that even with the news about the CLASS program, the health care reform law will cut the long-term deficit and save taxpayers money."
"One of the problems people have in trying to buy insurance for long-term care is that if they had any kind of preexisting condition, they can't buy it."
"The new benefit of the bill--the new benefits of the bill are entirely paid for and more by new revenues and by improvements that cut the overall cost of health care, cut waste, fraud, and abuse from ..."
"Triumphant statements from opponents of health care reform at the suspension of CLASS do nothing for the grandmother in my district."
"I refuse to give up on CLASS, just as I refuse to give up on the health care reform."
"No one is immune from the frailty of old age. Anyone can fall ill or become disabled."
"Just as Social Security succeeded as a wage insurance, reducing elderly poverty from 50 percent to 10 percent, Americans should have an affordable way to finance long-term care."
"If the Republicans want to reduce or eliminate existing controls on particulate pollution from industrial activities, they probably have the votes to do that, but if so, let us debate that on the meri..."
"I take issue with his suggestion that this is somehow politically motivated."
"I think that is not common sense, I think that is ridiculous."
"when it is proven that there are substantial health risks and after a cost-benefit analysis that this makes sense"