Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Whitehouse, who is an extraordinary leader on the issue of trying to control costs and improving quality. Senator Stabenow and Senator Boxer have been down here talking about the importance of the Affordable Care Act long before I got to this body, and I thank them for being with us as well. Our message is pretty simple. Our message is that the Affordable Care Act is working. We know that because just yesterday we had record numbers of people who went onto the Web site to try to sign up for coverage. They placed calls into the call centers. We had 1.2 million people who went on the Web site yesterday looking for coverage. About 390,000 people placed a call. We are seeing extraordinary levels of signups day after day. It looks as though we are on pace to achieve the goal to help those 6 million individuals sign up. That is not surprising because folks have been crying out in desperation for a better way for years and years. People such as one constituent of mine, Sean Hannon, from Weston, CT--I talked about him earlier on the floor today. He had a plan for him and his family that cost about $1,400 a month. Under the Affordable Care Act and the Connecticut Exchange, he is now paying $309. He wrote a really wonderful letter talking about what that means to him and his family, and he ended with this.…”