Political Quotes

“When I hear partisan critics attacking the affordable care act, I wonder what law they are looking at. The affordable care act will protect some of our most vulnerable citizens. The law eliminates discriminatory practices by health insurers, ensuring that a patient's gender is no longer a pre-existing condition, reduces the cost of prescription drugs for our Nation's senior citizens, and helps parents continue to cover their kids on their health insurance until they are 26. The law also provides necessary resources to help law enforcement recover millions of taxpayer dollars lost to fraud and abuse in the health care system. If the Supreme Court overturns the affordable care act now, it will be devastating to kids, families, and senior citizens. I hope the Court does not undo the progress we have made. Doing so depends on legal theories so extreme they would turn back the clock even farther to the hardships of the Great Depression and strike down principles that have helped us build the social safety net over the last century with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The affordable care act builds on some of the cornerstones of American economic security built over the last century. I believed when it passed, and still believe today, that Congress acted within its constitutional authority to enact laws to help protect all Americans, I hope the Court does not overstep the judiciary's role by substituting its own policy preferences and denying a century of progress.…”