Political Quotes

“This has been an unusual debate in Congress over an extremely important matter. What we have witnessed and listened to today for the 31st time is something that I would like to spare our conservative friends the heavy responsibility of trying to go back to their districts to explain. I would like them to not have to explain why they voted to allow insurance companies to deny coverage for 17 million children with preexisting conditions. I would like them not to have to explain why they voted to kick over 6.5 million youngsters up to age 26 off their families' insurance policies. I do not want my dear friends on the other side of the aisle to have to explain why their community hospitals will again have to provide free care to people without insurance and to pay for the medical costs of the uninsured. Medical providers, of course, pass these costs on to private insurers, which pass them on to families, increasing the premiums, on average, of about $1,000. You can tell families paying this hidden tax why they want to impose it. I don't want them to have to try to explain that. I don't want my conservative friends in this body to explain to the 13 million Americans that they won't receive $1.1 billion in rebates this summer from health insurance companies that have overcharged them. It goes on and on.…”