Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am pleased to join my colleague from Washington, Senator Murray, and congratulate her and Senator Alexander on being able to reach agreement to move forward to address the uncertainty in the marketplace. Like Senator Murray, I also want to begin with what we are seeing going on in this open enrollment period. Despite all of the efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act, to shorten the time period in which people can sign up, to make it more difficult by having the site closed for part of Sundays, we are seeing a record number of people enroll in the initial days of open enrollment. According to news reports, on the first day alone, about 1 million people visited healthcare.gov and more than 200,000 people selected a plan for 2018. That is almost double the number who signed up last year on the first day. For anybody who is still thinking about it, you have until December 15, so sign up early. As my colleague from New Hampshire, Senator Hassan, says, it is the best Christmas shopping you can do--take care of your healthcare. Go to healthcare.gov and shop around, get the best deal, and enroll during this open enrollment period. This surge in signups is especially remarkable in light of the widely publicized efforts by the Trump administration to depress enrollment.…”