Political Quotes

“it is a hard thing to admit you are wrong. It is always very difficult. It is not very pleasing to look back and say to yourself: Oh, I wish I wasn't so far off; I was way off. But as public servants, we have to accept reality, regardless of where we may have stood or what we may have said in the past. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress are trying their utmost to escape the reality that ObamaCare is a smashing success. Just consider a few of the facts--and these are only a few of them: 16.4 million Americans now have quality health coverage, many for the first time in decades, many for the first time in their lives. Since 2013, the United States has seen the largest decline in the uninsured rate--ever. Nine in ten Americans have health insurance. In the last 18 months, the uninsured rate for nonelderly adults has fallen by 35 percent. Health care costs have grown at their slowest rate in 50 years. Since 2011, the number of preventable deaths at hospitals and care centers has dropped by 50,000. That is 50,000 lives--50,000 people are alive today who wouldn't have been but for ObamaCare, and ObamaCare enrollees are overwhelmingly satisfied with their coverage. Those are the facts. No matter how hard my Republican colleagues try, they cannot wish those numbers away. All of the doomsday reports are wrong. I understand that many Senate Republicans have worked hard to make their opposition to ObamaCare their legacy.…”