Political Quotes

“I rise in strong opposition to repealing the Patients' Bill of Rights. Today, the House will vote to take away new health-care freedoms from my constituents and give that power right back to the big health-insurance companies. Repeal of the health-care law puts insurance companies right back into the driver's seat of rationing health-care decisions for the rest of us. Repeal means they get to decide who is denied health coverage because of a pre-existing condition in my district; which young adults in my district can and cannot remain on their parents' plans; and which constituents who are sick in my district would have their plans rescinded just because they got sick in the first place. And the list of lost health-care freedoms goes on and on and on. Mr. Speaker, what specifically does repealing the health-care law mean for the 5th congressional district of New York? Repeal would mean as many as 311,000 people could be denied health coverage, including up to 37,000 children, because of a pre-existing condition. Repeal would mean that 2,400 young adults up to age 26 in my district would no longer be able to choose to stay on their parents' plans until they get that first job with health insurance. And repeal would mean that 335,000 constituents in my district would lose the most vital consumer freedoms, such as protection from unreasonable policy rescissions and the prohibition of annual and lifetime spending limits.”