Pelosi Urges ACA Tax Credit Extension on House Floor

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and want to quote him when he said, this is a happy day. Thank you, Mr. Leader, for making it so, Mr. Chairman, for making it so and bringing us to the floor. My remarks will be brief, an exclamation point to your beautiful comments earlier and those of our distinguished leader, Mr. Jeffries. Mr. Speaker, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhuman, he said, because people can die. The Affordable Care Act, proudly also known as Obamacare, is a pillar of health and financial security for America's working families. Today we vote on Leader Jeffries' clear, common sense and urgent bill to extend the ACA tax credits signed into law by President Biden so healthcare remains affordable and accessible for the American people. Every Democrat supports this bill because we believe healthcare is a right for all, not a privilege for the few. No family should be pushed out of coverage and we welcome our Republican colleagues who will be voting with us today. This makes it a happy day. As we vote today, let us remember the stories of Americans we've heard across the country. Parents saying, my baby was born with a heart condition costing millions of dollars before the Affordable Care Act. Husbands saying my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer and we couldn't afford it. Families saying dad had a stroke and we couldn't handle the cost. That will not happen anymore because we are protecting these families in this bill. I urge all of my colleagues to vote yes and support this bill and protect healthcare and the dignity for America's working families and yield back the balance of my time.