Political Quotes

“Mr. President, both the Republican majority leader and the Republican assistant majority leader have come to the floor to address one issue that is pretty important to them, and it clearly is the focus of their attention. The issue today is the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, which was passed by the Senate and the House 6 years ago. What I have missed in most of the debate--no, in fact, what I missed from all of the debate from the Republican side, is their proposal or their alternative. They don't have one. No, what they want to argue is: We need to go back to the good old days--the good old days of health insurance before the Affordable Care Act. You heard the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Texas talk about getting back to those good old days and getting rid of the mandates in the Affordable Care Act. What were those mandates in the Affordable Care Act? Here is one. It says if you or any member of your family had a preexisting condition, you could not be denied health insurance. Does any family across America have a family member with a preexisting condition? It turns out there are quite a few--my family and many others. There are 129 million Americans out of 350 million who have a preexisting condition in their family. What did that mean in the good old days before the Affordable Care Act, which the Republicans want to return to? It meant health insurance companies would just flat out say no, we are not going to cover you.…”