Leader’s office blasts out riposte to McConnell speech, says GOP is kidding itself if they “think the American people want to go back to giving insurance companies free rein.”
Harry Reid: “It speaks volumes that the first thing on Republicans’ ‘to do’ list is to give power back to big health insurance companies. What Senator McConnell is really saying is, Republicans want to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, let them go back to charging women twice as much for the same coverage as men, and let them push millions of seniors back into the Medicare donut hole.
“Republicans have always been the party of putting big business over the middle class, and they are wasting no time in trying to jam through favors for big corporations at the expense of hard-working families who are struggling to make ends meet. If Republicans think the American people want to go back to giving insurance companies free rein to impose their abusive practices on middle-class families and seniors, then they are truly out of touch with the middle class.”
Give em hell Harry! I know my phone is going to busy in the weeks and months to come. Federal legislators are beholding to not just their statewide constituencies, but all Americans. So they can plan on hearing from me. Republicans better get serious about becoming part of the solutions, they have gained the majority and with it accountability for the progress we make from here.
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Give em hell Harry! I know my phone is going to busy in the weeks and months to come. Federal legislators are beholding to not just their statewide constituencies, but all Americans. So they can plan on hearing from me. Republicans better get serious about becoming part of the solutions, they have gained the majority and with it accountability for the progress we make from here.