Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Connecticut. Certainly I am happy he is bringing to the attention of the Senate this critical issue of the future of the Supreme Court and the impact it will have on families across America. Certainly, when it comes to something as basic as our health insurance, we understand this. There are forces at work in Washington in the Trump administration that are trying to put an end to the Affordable Care Act, and in Congress, many Members of Congress--the House and the Senate--have voted 60 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act. We barely saw it survive just a few months ago when Senator John McCain, in the middle of the night, came and stood in that well and voted no, along with two other Republican Senators. They saved the Affordable Care Act. Most Americans had their own questions about the Affordable Care Act and how important it was, but they couldn't understand how the Republicans would come to us and say ``Get rid of it'' and have no replacement. We realize, as the Senator from Connecticut just explained, that under the old rules with insurance companies, under the old rules, many of us were victims. If you had someone with a preexisting condition in your family--perhaps you had diabetes, perhaps your child was a cancer survivor, had asthma, or so many different things--health insurance was very expensive, if you could get it. We changed the law.…”