Political Quotes

“I rise as a member of the Budget Committee to oppose this deficit-busting repeal, and I want to speak today on behalf of Suzanne from Vienna, Virginia. Suzanne's daughter suffers from a debilitating neurological disease. Before health care reform, Suzanne and her husband could not get health insurance for their daughter because, through no fault of her own, she, like 129 million other Americans, had a preexisting condition. While many of those Americans wait to see if their insurance company will deny them, Suzanne, unfortunately, already knew. She was willing to pay for health insurance to protect her daughter; the insurance companies said no and wouldn't insure her daughter at any price. Suzanne had no option until we created high-risk insurance pools under health care reform. Suzanne's words to me after health insurance reform passed were, Now at least we have hope for the future. Voting for this repeal will take away that hope, throwing Suzanne's daughter off of insurance. I urge my colleagues to remember Suzanne's daughter and the other 129 million Americans like her and vote against this repeal. Do not take away their hope.”