Political Quotes

“today in this great country of ours the Affordable Care Act--ObamaCare--has survived the latest partisan attempt to deny health coverage to working families. Millions of working families won today. America won today. The Supreme Court ruled against Republicans who were seeking to strip 6.5 million Americans of the subsidies that enable them to buy health insurance coverage. America won, I repeat, very pure, very simple. More than 10 million Americans are covered in the exchanges operating across the country, many of them insured for the first time, and 85 percent of these men and women receive tax credits that help them afford that coverage. On top of that, 12 million more Americans now have coverage through the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs. The Commonwealth Fund recently found that more than 8 in 10 adults--four-fifths--of people who have these programs are satisfied with them. The Affordable Care Act is not perfect. No law ever is. But this law is working for millions--approaching 20 million--Americans. Once again, the Affordable Care Act prevailed. So I say to my Senate colleagues, respectfully--and I mean that--stop banging your heads against the wall. This legislation passed. It is the law of this Nation. Stop. Move on. Republicans should pause for a minute and look back. I don't know the number anymore. I don't know, I lost count--is it 75? It is certainly approaching 100--of the actual votes which have taken place to repeal the law.…”