Janice Schakowsky

These are victories, I think.

I mean, it is just a miracle to me.

How fantastic is that.

Thank you very much.

We can do it. And I hope that everyone will stand with our President who has said that we're not going to raise the age of Medicare and that the Republicans now first have to agree that we're going to ask the wealthiest people in our…

Your 92-year-old mother, when she goes into the hospital, if she didn't have--she probably does have--a supplemental insurance policy, the copayment on the first day in the hospital, which some seniors have to pay out-of-pocket, is well…

Exactly. The real benefit of the Affordable Care Act and it's effect on Medicare and everything else is that we are making this system more efficient. The health care system in the United States of America is very inefficient. We are going…

Let me just say on that point, though, on the cost savings, that's why when the Affordable Health Care Act passed, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that it saves--people said, How are we going to afford that? How are we going to…

I think it's important to point out too that the full provisions of ObamaCare haven't even rolled out yet, although these preventive services are in place. And look at what's already happened.

Thank you. I wanted to also make the point that there are many people who throughout their life have not been able to afford health care, and so they really are in need of health care when they turn 65. I have people coming into my office…

Yes. So during your working life and when you start on Medicare, you are paying more if you make $85,000 or more.

Well, frankly, I think that idea is alive and well and was reflected in the elections on November 6----

Here's Lloyd Blankfein, and he's just one example, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, and part of what I really resent about it is he doesn't even know what he's talking about. He says: You can look at the history of these things, and Social…

Well, first of all, I agree with you because I think what I'm hearing you say is let's put those--Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid--in a separate basket and deal with them at another time. Social Security should not be even on a…

Let me also just underscore the point you made about training pediatricians and pediatric specialists. That would affect, across the board, everyone who seeks--this is not just for vulnerable communities or individuals, but all of us with…

Thank you for your passion, which is obvious every day, for making sure that we make the smart investments in our children and in women and in health care in this country. Thank you, Rosa DeLauro. And now it is my pleasure to bring up one…

That's why, because we all get into the numbers game, we talk about a billion here and a billion there, et cetera, and that's why I wanted to put up a picture of the beautiful Elodie Michaud, who happens to actually be the daughter of…

I want to underscore a pretty shocking statistic. You mentioned that the United States of America is 50th in infant mortality. Was that the statistic?

Well, you know, we have turned up a number of problems, but, one, it seems that the NECC was too close to the board and its members, and it seems like the board was more interested, maybe, in protecting pharmacists than in protecting…

The annual reporting requirement is something I think all of us certainly could easily agree with and should.

It is vital that our Federal agencies have the authority to recruit and retain vital scientific talent.

I just wanted to say we actually do have, proudly, have someone, head of the National Cancer Institute, that won a Nobel prize.

I don't think that most consumers would think this is about a feverish regulatory pace of finally getting this done.

I believe it is absolutely critical that we continue to support and uphold the fundamentals of this historic legislation.

The play yard standard is significant because it was a dangerous product that led to Danny's death.