Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I intend to offer a motion to commit the reconciliation bill to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, HELP, Committee with instructions to ensure the bill does not harm or reduce the size of the individual health insurance market risk pool in any State. I am offering this motion to ensure that the healthcare bill does no harm to the States' individual and small business health insurance markets by fracturing or reducing insurance market risk pools in ways that would drive up health insurance premiums and deductibles for older Americans or Americans with preexisting conditions. The following Senators support my motion to commit: Senators Coons and Shaheen. I ask unanimous consent that the full text of my motion to commit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With Instructions Mr. Carper moves to commit the bill H.R. 1628 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that-- (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; and (2) ensure that the bill does not weaken or reduce the size of the individual market risk pool in any State.”