Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I thank my friend from Iowa, the chairman of the HELP Committee, for his excellent service. A weather vane shows when the wind is blowing and in what direction it is blowing and a resolution such as this shows when it is election season. This resolution is a political stunt. It is an election-season effort to take potshots at the new health care reform law. Before the Senate now is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act of 1996. Colleagues will recall that the Congressional Review Act is part of what some folks called the Contract with America. This particular resolution would nullify a regulation that is essential to implementing the new health reform law. The resolution is, thus, a transparent effort to undermine the new law. I urge my colleagues to oppose the resolution. From the beginning, the new health care reform law has been about ending the worst insurance company abuses. That is why the new law requires insurance companies to end lifetime limits on coverage. That is why the new law prevents insurance companies from canceling coverage when you get sick. That is why the new law requires insurance companies to allow parents to put their children up to age 26 on their insurance policy, and that is why the new law prevents most insurance companies from discriminating against kids with preexisting conditions. These important new protections took effect just last week.…”