I have said it to my constituents and I have said it to my family, the 30 years that I have been in public life there is nothing that I have done, no vote that I have cast, that I am more proud of than the Affordable Care Act, and the reason why I say that is because I see the people who it will help and I know that there are people who will die--will die--will die--without it.
Cummings expresses pride in the Affordable Care Act's impact on people's lives.
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