Political Quotes

“We talk a lot about the failures of the Affordable Care Act. Because of ObamaCare, 7 million people are expected to lose their employer-sponsored health insurance by 2024. Another 5 million Americans have seen their health care plans canceled, and one of them is Mrs. Blackwood. I say again to my colleagues and everyone within the sound of my voice, I don't know the politics of the Blackwood family. They had an insurance policy that worked for Mrs. Blackwood. It covered a vital drug--Sandostatin--that kept her alive from the disease of carcinoid cancer, and she has lost that coverage because of the very act that was supposed to help people. Mr. Blackwood says, ``We can do better,'' and I suggest we can do better. We need to repeal this ill-considered law which has caused so much pain for millions and millions of Americans and still left 31 million people uninsured. We need to work together across the aisle in a bipartisan way to fix this system and have a system that doesn't throw innocent and sick people out of their insurance coverage and threaten their health and their very lives. I yield the floor. <bullet> Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, today the Senate will vote to confirm the nomination of Jeffrey Meyer to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Although I was not able to be present to cast my vote this afternoon, I fully support the nomination of this qualified individual to fill the vacancy in Connecticut.…”