"I am proud to say that this year my home state of Florida led the nation in the number of enrollees on the federal marketplace, with nearly 1.6 million Floridians finding quality affordable health care."
"Because so many Americans can access health insurance on the marketplace, parents are no longer stuck in their jobs for fear of losing their health insurance."
"The ACA ensures marketplace insurance plans, as well as employer-sponsored plans, covers preventive dental and vision services for children."
"I am fighting for them to expand Medicaid so millions more can be covered."
"Today we will examine four bills that would impact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC, in ways that I fear will compromise the enforcement of civil rights laws."
"These bills will essentially undermine the clear and apparent purpose of our subcommittee, which is to provide a safe and amicable working environment for American workers."
"I would like to highlight the majority's attempt to roll back a body of laws that have helped protect American workers from race, sex, age, and disability-based discrimination for over 50 years."
"EEOC's job should be about getting results, not providing full employment for law firms looking for new ways to frustrate resolution of a disputed discrimination case."
"These four bills appear to be a grab-bag for unscrupulous employers seeking to strip the EEOC of the tools they need to combat employment discrimination."
"Where--tell me where does the average worker who really doesn't want to go to court but wants to do his or her job without experiencing discrimination go to get justice?"
"Mr. Chairman, these four bills today ignore the fact that race, gender, disability, and age discrimination persist, and we should not be hindering the agency's charge with combatting unlawful discrimi..."