Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today to support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. So many in our Nation are facing extreme financial insecurity and extreme worry surrounding this global pandemic. And the Trump administration is trying to eliminate protections for people and families with preexisting conditions and leave millions of Americans without care. This includes more than 730,000 Illinoisans. A man from the congressional district I serve named Robert wrote to me about his family's rising healthcare costs. Robert and his wife have both worked hard almost their entire lives. Robert's first job went back to the age of 17. His wife started working when she was 16. Today, they are in their early sixties and they are facing skyrocketing premiums and astronomical deductibles. Robert currently pays more than $2,500 each and every month for just his premiums. That, along with his deductibles, cost his family about a quarter of all they earn every month. He has even been told that because of his age and his wife's age they are lucky to get coverage at all. Working your whole life and having to struggle so much just to afford a necessity like healthcare, that is not what the American Dream is all about.…”