Political Quotes

“Today, the President put forth some conversation about the Affordable Care Act that focuses especially on women's health. I am absolutely delighted to come to the floor to address that issue in that--and I hope every woman in America understands this--because of the Affordable Care Act, being a woman is no longer a preexisting medical condition. As the mother of five children--four daughters and one son--I am very excited about this. Over the break, I had the privilege of being at a meeting with some researchers on the subject of breast cancer in particular, and they spent a good deal of the time telling us what the possibilities were with research that should be funded--that is a budget issue, another subject, but one that is related here--and that we could remove this threat to women's health with proper research. They took time to say that one thing that was helping women with breast cancer more than anything was the Affordable Care Act--that they would have access to care without being discriminated against because of a preexisting medical condition, that no longer would they have annual or lifetime limits on the health insurance that they would receive. The relief of the stress from all of that is a very healthy thing for people who have a diagnosis.…”