Political Quotes

“The Senate is considering a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize critical infrastructure investments and that will protect an estimated 1.8 million jobs if enacted before the end of this month. Unfortunately, in order to move forward on this important legislation, my friends on the other side of the aisle have demanded that we first consider an amendment entirely unrelated to transportation or even job creation. We have now spent the past 2 days considering a Republican amendment that would roll back access to health care for millions of Americans. Access to health care for women has come under attack in recent weeks after the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would follow the recommendations of the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine and require that under the Affordable Care Act, health plans must cover a range of preventative services for women, including contraception. This is not a novel solution. Twenty-eight States, including Vermont, already require such coverage. The new rule will also include no-cost preventative coverage of a range of services for women including mammograms, prenatal screenings, cervical cancer screenings, flu shots, and much more. Some religious institutions were apprehensive about the policy and, in response, the Obama administration made further accommodations to address these concerns.…”