Political Quotes

“Yesterday, I heard the story of a mother who had lost her son, who had a preexisting condition and was not able to get insurance--only when a benevolent hospital took him in and determined, at the time, that he had Stage 3 cancer, because he had no insurance, because he had needed a colonoscopy. If he had had ObamaCare, he would have had the ability, at least, to get insurance without worrying about the preexisting condition. Emotions are high, but for the right reason. There is no reason that eliminating ObamaCare, as is being discussed on this floor, should be tied to opening the government back up. All the Republicans have to do is to pass, with the Democrats, a clean CR so that people might live. Their story is like taking away the civil rights laws that President Johnson helped pass because they did not like it. They would hold up the government and close the government. For me, this is civil rights for all Americans--to have the right to live, to have the right to have health insurance. It is not a budget issue. It is an issue to be done down the road. Vote for a clean CR. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of emotions because this is about life and death. ____________________”