Political Quotes

“I am very honored to follow my distinguished colleague from Vermont on issues that he has worked so long and so hard and so well, and that is health care for our Nation and focusing on the fight for women's health, for access to affordable care for all Americans, and for a Cabinet truly free of conflict and corruption--a cause that we share in opposing Tom Price as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. What is so painfully apparent to him and me and many of our colleagues is that Representative Price's nomination is a doubling down of the ongoing blatant attack on women's health by his administration. His radical anti-choice policies, antiquated views on reproductive health, and demands to repeal the women's health provisions of the Affordable Care Act disqualify him from serving as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. Before the ACA was signed into law, being a woman meant higher health care costs for simply being a woman. It is estimated that this discrimination cost them about $1 billion more every year. They had to pay higher costs simply because they were women. Representative Price has been clarion clear about where he stands on this issue, with his policy effectively eliminating important protections against discrimination that were guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act. Under Representative Price's reckless proposal, all women, including healthy women, could see their insurance costs rise--and rise astronomically.…”