Political Quotes

“We come here as stewards of a very sacred trust--to look after the people that are the backbone of this country. We are having this debate this afternoon because we have all heard from men and women across this country who are very upset that an insurance policy that they want to keep has been canceled. {time} 1315 These constituents are very upset and very troubled, and we are brought here to work together to figure out a solution to that problem. What is the solution? First of all, they ought to have the ability to have their insurance companies offer them the policies for sale. Frankly, the underlying bill does that, and so does the plan that I am presenting. Secondly, there ought to be some way that the insurance companies are given some incentive at the very at least, direction, to sell the policy. It doesn't do you a whole lot of good to have the right to buy a policy that the insurance company is not selling, and this plan has some measures which make it more likely that insurance companies would do that. Thirdly, to solve that person's problem, we have to make sure that in solving his problem we are not creating another one; that by permitting these policies to be sold for another year, which this does, that we are not spiking the premiums of people in the exchange marketplaces or of people who get their insurance through work. I have heard a number of Members say that they want a chance for us to work together to solve this problem.…”