Political Quotes

“So I will do the same. I would like to place in the Record a letter of opposition to this bill as presently formulated from the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the American Federation of Teachers, Farmworker Justice, the UAW, the National Council of La Raza, the National Education Association, the National Immigration Law Center, the Service Employees International Union, the UNITE HERE, the United Farm Workers, and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. April 28, 2014. Dear Representative: We write today regarding the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (H.R. 4414), scheduled for floor debate on Tuesday. Although negotiations are apparently occurring behind closed doors on a final version of the bill, it is our understanding that these discussions are unlikely to address major shortcomings of the bill. Barring substantial revisions to the bill, we urge you to oppose it. As you know, the bill is intended to accommodate health plans providing coverage for workers that work in multiple countries, and it is reasonable to grant these plans some flexibility to pursue this role. We understand that these ``expatriate'' health care plans currently cover fewer than 300,000 workers.…”