Tammy Baldwin

Being a woman is no longer going to be considered a pre-existing medical condition and it should not be treated as one.

The Affordable Care Act strengthens the economic security of families and businesses in Wisconsin.

The Affordable Care Act is changing all of that.

Far too many were squeezed literally out of the middle class because of health insurance prices that were too high.

If done right, immigration reform will create jobs, strengthen businesses, bolster security at our borders, and keep more Wisconsin families together.

I want to thank all of you for your service to our country and for being here today.

I'm new to the Senate, new to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, but, back in my House service, I had the opportunity to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where I started to become more aware, and…

I want to thank our witnesses for highlighting the many promising Federal, State, and private delivery reforms that are underway.

I never want to forget the impact that some of these reforms have, not only on the immediate Medicare beneficiary.

It weakens an economic recovery that has already been weak and is not delivering for the people you are asking about.

I remarked over and over again during that time in the State of Wisconsin about just how hard the people in my State are working to recover from the devastating recession.

You are going to have to raise the debt limit and fund the government. There is no other option.

I think the uncertainty hurts so much in the current context because we have been through the wringer.

I think on that point, especially as data becomes accessible to providers on a larger scale, it is not just about price, obviously.

I wonder if you can talk a little bit--if you feel expert enough to talk about how this impacts--this uncertainty, the prospect of a shutdown, the prospect of a default, the continuing weight of the sequester--impacts the middle class.

In my view, our country faces twin challenges, stabilizing our debt and deficit without shortchanging our future.

We cannot have all stimulus or all austerity. We need to have a balanced approach.

This year alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that sequestration will cost our economy about three-quarters of a million jobs.

We are cutting away at things like education and scientific research and innovation, which have previously provided a strong foundation for our economic growth.

These are just some of the choices that we are facing that demand our action.

These arbitrary and indiscriminate across-the-board cuts will reduce, according to many economists, expected GDP growth by as much as half.

We have an obligation to come together to find a balanced solution to avoid sequester and get back to the regular order of annual budgeting.

Our budget is about choices, and it is about values.

Too many are waiting far too long for the benefits that they have earned.

We provide gender-specific military sexual trauma treatment at all of our medical centers.