Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I want to thank Senator Shaheen for her leadership, and I am proud to be one of the cosponsors of her bill with her commonsense approach--which I believe is the one that will rule the day--to work together on changes to the Affordable Care Act that will help the American people. I join my colleagues on the floor in sharing the concerns I have heard from so many people in my State and across the country about the bill that has been introduced by our colleagues. I also heard their desire to have us work together to bring down the costs of healthcare and to make fixes to the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare leaders in my State have come out strongly against the bill released last week because it would be devastating to the people of our State, especially in our rural areas--rural hospitals--and especially to our seniors who rely on Medicaid funding for nursing homes and assisted living. Last night we heard that we will not be proceeding to that bill, and, instead, the majority leader wants to bring up repealing big parts of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. I just want to remind my colleagues that the Congressional Budget Office has already looked at this repeal without a replacement, and it is just as bad. Instead of 22 million people losing their insurance by 2026, the CBO has estimated that about 32 million would lose insurance under the repeal approach, and premiums would double.…”