On the recordMarch 21, 2010
For over 1 year, I have listened to the voices of District 3 and heard heartbreaking stories of children denied coverage because of a preexisting condition, small business owners who can't afford to insure their employees, and single moms who have lost their jobs and their insurance. They are the reasons I am voting for reform. In District 3 alone, reform will improve coverage for more than 600,000 people. It will strengthen Medicare for 120,000 seniors and close the prescription drug doughnut hole. It will create health care tax breaks for over 200,000 families and 17,000 small businesses, and lets 72,000 young adults stay on their parents' policy. Insurance companies and others opposed to reform have spent over $1.3 million in southern Nevada, but I won't be intimidated. Today, as I have always done, I am standing up for what I believe is in the best interest of my constituents. As has been said, it is the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done. Now is the time to get it done and pass health care reform.
