Tim Ryan: “I thank the gentleman; I thank the lady. This is, obviously, a very important issue for all of us around the country--in…”

“I thank the gentleman; I thank the lady. This is, obviously, a very important issue for all of us around the country--in Ohio, especially. We have a very unique situation going on in Ohio. As I heard in the previous Special Order, I heard many members of the Tea Party Caucus come up here and talk about how bad the Affordable Care Act is, how it is going to end democracy as we know it, how the sky is going to fall, and it is troubling, I think, when you actually see what the benefits are. Let me be the first to say as, I think, even those of us who voted for the health care reform, there's a long way to go. We've got a lot of work to do. These things aren't easy. This is a very complicated situation, a very complicated program to try to cover all 313 million Americans, try to drive down health care costs, try to move towards more prevention and wellness--very big goals in the United States, goals that we can only really achieve if we work together.…”