Rubén Hinojosa: “I agree with you. I think we need time. We need time to get this done in a bipartisan manner that is best for our…”

I am encouraged that we are doing some things right and helping a lot of people who under the conditions that our ranking member, Bobby Scott, gave that could not afford it or had preexisting medical conditions, are now covered.

Just last month, we celebrated six years since ACA's enactment and celebrated the 20 million previously uninsured Americans who now have access to quality, affordable coverage.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall Nos. 498, 499, 500, and 501. ____________________

However, due to their financial trouble in recent years, we have seen attempts to not just reform them, but wind them down completely, and I don't agree with that.