Political Quotes

“I wish to thank my colleague Senator Barrasso for coming to the floor, and now I would like to give a second opinion to what he has just said. He said he wants to wait until tomorrow to hear some success stories about the Affordable Care Act. I am going to give him a preview tonight. Ray Romanowski--62 years old, city of Chicago, musician, part-time employee, barrel-chested Polish guy who belongs in the city of Chicago--sat next to me at a clinic, patted his wallet and said: Guess what, Senator. I have health insurance for the first time in my life, and it feels good. Judy takes care of hotel rooms down in southern Illinois, a place that I stay. She is over there in the hospitality room. Same story: 62 years old, worked every day she could and never had health insurance one day in her life. She was diagnosed with diabetes and, thank God, she now has, because of the Affordable Care Act, health insurance. Those are just a couple of stories. What the Senator from Wyoming did not tell you is that there are aspects of this Affordable Care Act which American families value. Do you have a child in your family who is sick with maybe asthma, diabetes? Is your wife a cancer survivor? In the old days before the Affordable Care Act, that meant it would be hard to get health insurance and, if you could, it would be very expensive. So we changed it. We said: You cannot discriminate against families because somebody happens to be sick.…”