Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman of the committee for his work on this bill and the legislation before us. Mr. Speaker, 250,000 Coloradoans have had their health care plans canceled. I join them. Here is my letter. As one of the insurance policyholders in Colorado, I, too, had my insurance canceled. I am part of 250,000 people who had a health care plan they were told they could keep, but they won't be able to. Noel from eastern Colorado contacted my office to tell me that his insurance has been canceled, insurance that he liked, that he was promised by the President that he would get to keep. Mr. Speaker, Noel tells the story that he has two kids and a third on the way. He tells the story that his premium is going to go up by about $400 as a result of the changes under the health care bill, and that with the addition of his third child, it will go up another $300 more a month. His family doesn't make much money. For eastern Colorado, they actually do better than others. They bring home $5,000 a month. But to see that kind of a health care cost increase when they were promised if they like their health care policy, they could keep it is simply wrong. We have been accused in this bill of rolling back the law. This bill does one thing. It rolls back a broken promise. It rolls back a broken promise so we can keep our health care plans and so that the 250,000 people in Colorado can keep their health care plans. In fact, it does go back.…”