Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues from Connecticut and California for coming to the floor. We saw for the last hour Republican Senators come to floor and tell a number of stories about individuals and the difficulties they have run into with health insurance. I don't dispute the facts they have brought to the floor, but I do dispute their characterization of what America faces at this moment in time. I supported the Affordable Care Act. I believe it was the right thing to do. I still believe it. I will tell you right off the bat--and most Democrats and Republicans would agree on this point--it is off to a rocky start. This Web site that was supposed to be ready October 1 we are told will be ready by November 30. I hope it is, and the sooner the better. I am told it is improving by the day. That is good. Americans need access to information about health insurance. And when they have that access, they can do something--for many of them for the first time in their lives--go shopping for health insurance. There are a lot of people who have never had that luxury. Some have never had health insurance one day in their lives. Others have been given a ``take it or leave it'' situation, with a policy that may or may not be worth anything. I listened carefully to the Republicans for a long time on the issue of health insurance. I have heard a lot of criticism, a lot of complaints. They want to defund ObamaCare. They want to delay the Affordable Care Act. They want to destroy it.…”