Frank Pallone: “I yield myself the balance of the time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just heard the gentleman from Indiana say, We can't…”

“I yield myself the balance of the time, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just heard the gentleman from Indiana say, We can't do this; we can't do that. I mean, this is the problem with the other side of the aisle, with the Republican side of the aisle: they always believe that we can't do anything here in the House of Representatives. The fact of the matter is that Democrats saw the problem. The problem was discriminatory health insurance practices. The problem was young people not being able to get on their parents' insurance policies. The problem was women not being able to access health care and so many Americans, 40, 50 million Americans, that did not have health insurance. And what did we do as Democrats? We found a solution to the problem, which was the Affordable Care Act, and it was working. The discriminatory practices are going away. More and more people are going to have health insurance. Most Americans will have health insurance by the beginning of 2014. And the doughnut hole for prescriptions drugs for seniors is being closed. All these things are answers that the Democrats have brought through the Affordable Care Act for the problems that existed with our health care system. And all I hear from the other side of the aisle is, We can't do this; we can't do that. Well, we've done something. Don't just come here and tell us we have to repeal it.…”