On the recordMarch 21, 2010
As I was growing up, our parents always taught us that right was right if nobody was right and that wrong was wrong if everybody was wrong. Well, I can tell you it would be wrong to deny 32 million additional Americans the right to health insurance coverage. It would be wrong to keep people cooped up in institutions when they could live at home. It would be wrong to keep senior citizens struggling to try and pay for their prescriptions. Let's do the right thing. Let's vote for this legislation. Give 32 million people the right to have insurance coverage. It would be wrong to deny millions of people with pre-existing conditions the right to have insurance coverage. It would be wrong to keep filling up the emergency rooms of hospitals because people don't have regular doctors. It would be wrong to keep senior citizens struggling to pay for their prescriptions. It would be wrong to keep people with disabilities cooped up in institutions when they could live at home. It would be wrong to deny people health coverage because they have lost their jobs. It would be wrong to deny health coverage to people who work in small businesses. It is right to provide coverage to as many people as we can.
