Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, good luck--mazel tov--to my colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. This was President Obama's and congressional Democrats' landmark law, which has helped 20 million Americans--1.7 million Floridians in my home State--get quality, affordable health care. It is a law that outlawed discrimination against people like me--a woman and a cancer survivor--who could have been prevented from obtaining care before the ACA ended that injustice. It is also the anniversary of the EARLY Act, a law that I was proud to author, which passed as part of the ACA. The EARLY Act empowers young women with the information and resources they need to understand their breast health and the risks that they face. As a cancer survivor and a mother, these two anniversaries are near and dear to my heart. I will continue working with my sister survivors, with the healthcare and cancer communities, along with Vice President Biden's inspirational National Cancer Moonshot, to expand care; protect more of our daughters, sisters, and mothers; and, finally, beat cancer once and for all. ____________________”