Political Quotes

“Thank you to my colleague from Washington for managing this important bill. I rise today to speak in support of the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act. We cannot afford to let this 40 percent excise tax on employer-sponsored health plans to take effect. This tax would increase costs for America's working and middle-class families. For many working families, necessary medical treatment remains tragically unaffordable due to exorbitant out-of-pocket costs and deductibles. If this so-called Cadillac tax isn't repealed, this crisis of affordability for medical care will only worsen. To avoid the excise tax, employers will, in all likelihood, reduce the value of their plans and reduce benefits and even increase their workers' share of the cost. This would result in increases in out-of- pocket costs for more than 180 million workers, including 1.3 million people in my home State of Nevada, and it would decrease access to quality insurance plans across the country. This vote helps labor throughout the country, including the Culinary Workers Union in my home State. Members' benefits, wages, and overall compensation allow them to stay afloat financially, and to quote the international union president for UNITE HERE, D.…”