Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, this is very sensible legislation. It builds upon the Affordable Care Act. It keeps the protections of preexisting conditions. It makes the children's healthcare initiative permanent. But most importantly, it expands the opportunity. I am going to reiterate something I said earlier about the experience we have had in Massachusetts with the Affordable Care Act. 100 percent of the children in Massachusetts have health insurance. Ninety-seven percent of the adults in Massachusetts have health insurance, and it polls in the high seventies in terms of consumer satisfaction. It was the experiment that worked. We should be expanding healthcare opportunities for members of the American family, not trying to deny them. We shouldn't be filing a lawsuit in front of the Supreme Court suggesting that we should do away with the Affordable Care Act. Last point, and I mean this very sincerely, as long as I have been in this House, Republicans have never agreed amongst themselves on health insurance, never mind trying to find an agreement with us. They have always disagreed sharply about the role of government in health insurance. So before they give us a lecture on how this ought to proceed, perhaps they could offer a competing plan that has never happened in my time in Congress. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Luria). All time for the Committee on Ways and Means has expired.…”