Political Quotes

“The gentleman has repeated his stated intent to provide the protection that his bill denies, and I would refer him, again, to page 3, line 2 of this bill as it was presented in committee, and the failure to refer to section 2791(b)(5) of the Public Health Service Act means that that protection will not be there. It could easily have been added if that were the true intent. It is omitted. Same page, line 12, the failure to include guarantees against nondiscrimination is not there. He is concerned about federalizing healthcare. Well, all that I want to do is set a minimum Federal standard that no person in this country will be denied because of a preexisting condition the healthcare that they deserve. That is what the Affordable Care Act was designed to achieve, not only for those in the marketplace, but beyond. Secondly, I want to ensure that different classes of employees are not treated differently. Let me just describe a little more of what is involved there. Just as they would allow insurers to discriminate against a newborn with a heart murmur and call that a preexisting condition, their bill would permit an employer to discriminate against their own employees. Just to give you a practical example. We have a lot of chicken processing plants down in northeast Texas.…”