Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, this is a most significant day. Health insurance reform has been coming for a long time, and we are finally here. With passage of this bill, American families are going to take back control of their health care. This bill bars insurance companies from discriminating based on preexisting conditions. It caps out-of-pocket expenses. Half the bankruptcies in America are due to health-related matters. This bill allows individuals and small businesses to purchase affordable insurance from competitive marketplaces. It contains cost controls that will save the taxpayer $138 billion over the next 10 years. And for parents that are watching tonight, your dependents can stay on your insurance until they are 26 years old. Nobody has defended Social Security and Medicare the way I have in this institution. And I must tell you tonight, I can't believe anybody who is witnessing this debate would believe for 1 minute that our Republican friends have been better in history on Medicare than we have been. It is in our DNA. This is a defining moment. The exclusionary and discriminatory tactics that exist in our current system tonight become history as well.”