Political Quotes

“I sincerely ask my Republican colleagues: Did you really come here to take health care away from 24 million people? Over 40,000 people in my district will lose their coverage. Did you come to Congress to make insurance more expensive for my constituent, Mary, who has a preexisting condition and now pays half of what she used to pay for insurance because of the tax credits she got from ObamaCare? Did you come to Congress to impose a crippling age tax on Americans 50 to 60 years old? Your bill would increase their premiums an average of $8,000 a year. According to the Congressional Budget Office, within 10 years, nearly 30 percent of those 50-to 64-year-olds would be without any insurance. Did you really come to Congress to take nursing home and home care away from the elderly and the disabled? Did you get elected in order to take health care from mothers? Your bill would kick them off of Medicaid if they don't find a job 60 days after they give birth. We have heard over and over that patients need choices and should be empowered to choose the care that they want. But, apparently, that doesn't apply to women. The bill would block millions of women from choosing Planned Parenthood, a trusted healthcare provider to 2.5 million patients every year. The American people are not clamoring for you to repeal ObamaCare. Only 17 percent of Americans say that you should vote to repeal ObamaCare. The average American overwhelmingly wants you to vote ``no.''”