On the recordMarch 21, 2010
We have reached a historic crossroads in our Nation's history. We can choose to set our Nation on the path to improving the access to quality health insurance for millions of Americans and finally containing the cost of that care, or we can continue on the road of the status quo, threatening to leave more families without basic care and bankrupting the engine of our economy. This bill in front of us today, this historic bill meets the four tests my constituents set for it: Will it bring down premium costs for families and small businesses? Yes, it will. Will it reduce the deficit? Yes, it will. Now and in the future. Will it protect their choice of plan and doctor? Yes, it will. Will it improve access to care? Yes, it will. We have heard a lot of fear, we have heard a lot of disinformation. But I quote today on the Sabbath 2 Timothy 1:7, 'For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love.' Let us not be timid. Let us pass this historic piece of legislation.
