Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his extraordinary leadership. I thank Chairman Scott, Chairman Neal, and Chairman Pallone. 122,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, nearly 2.6 million are infected. And, in the midst of this deadly and historic global health pandemic, with infection rates continuing to rise all across our country, there has never been a worse time to try to rip away healthcare from the American people. But just last week, President Trump and my Republican colleagues filed a pleading in the Supreme Court to take away healthcare from 20 million Americans and to gut protections for 135 million Americans with preexisting conditions. Now, more than ever, Democrats are standing up to fight to protect access to quality, affordable healthcare. And the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act does just that. It lowers healthcare costs; it protects patients with preexisting conditions; it expands Medicaid; and it lowers the cost of prescription drugs. Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have described these ideas as radical. Only in the Republican Conference is expanding health coverage and driving down costs and covering more people with preexisting conditions radical. For the rest of the American people, it is a basic human right: access to quality, affordable healthcare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Enhancement Act will do just that.…”