Political Quotes

“Let me thank the convener of this Special Order and the colleagues I have heard since I have come to the floor, like Congresswoman Sanchez. Congressman Castro, thank you very much. Coming from similar territory--the State of Texas--I just hope that you will allow me, just for a moment, to juxtapose the present pending bill on the floor. I heard you speak of the bill, H.R. 2575, as well, and with all due respect to the proponent of the bill, it is confusing. It is confusing in the backdrop of the number that you have standing alongside of you, 7 million Americans and growing. Because there were many Americans who were in the queue--in the line, when March 31 came, and because of President Obama, they will now have extended the opportunity to finish the work, and I was with a lot of navigators and people enrolling over the weekend. They were excited about being able to finish the task. In Texas alone, that was the epicenter of unemployed. I keep saying, ``unemployed.'' Certainly, it has unemployed persons as well. There are 164,000 without unemployment insurance, which really is what baffles me about this effort at repeal and this effort of determining that, with 30 hours of hard work, you can't get health insurance. In the State of Texas, 5.198 million individuals on private insurance have gained coverage for at least one preventative health care service, such as mammograms, birth control, and immunizations. That is for people with private insurance.…”