Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this week people in Virginia and Maryland are waking up to the first rate filings by private insurance companies in 2018. The numbers are simply stunning. I am coming to the floor today to talk about what is going to be a very unhappy spring and summer for healthcare consumers all across the country, as health insurance companies--having now dealt with a full year and a half of President Trump's sabotage of the American healthcare system--are going to be looking at gigantic, unaffordable premium hikes for private healthcare insurance. I wanted to come down today, as we are starting to get into these rate filings, as our constituents are starting to ask why they are facing premium increases of, in some cases, up to 90 percent--think about that. Think about getting a notice from your insurance company telling you that in 1 year, your premium is going to double. The cost of getting health insurance is going to double. I feel it is time to come down and talk about why this is happening, why you are seeing these radical rate hikes being proposed from insurance companies. I want to walk through, for my colleagues, this very deliberate campaign of sabotage that this administration and congressional Republicans have waged against the Affordable Care Act and the American healthcare system writ large. It starts on January 20.…”