House Speaker Pelosi Remarks on 10th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act & Unveiling of Take Responsibility for Workers & Families Act
Ten years ago, on
We expanded new health coverage to 20 million people and delivered better coverage to the more than 150 million Americans with health insurance through their employer.
We passed the Affordable Care Act because we believe that in
Thanks to the leadership of President
Now, we find ourselves in the depths of one of the most serious health and economic emergencies our nation has ever faced. The protections of the Affordable Care Act are more important now than ever. But right now, in the middle of coronavirus, the
If
Today, therefore, I am calling on
Last Thursday,
Today,
For our small businesses, we provide fast relief with grants and loans to tide them through this crisis.
For our doctors, nurses, health care workers and first responders and hospitals and other health institutions, we provide desperately needed funds to care for those who are sick - and to ensure they have Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, that they need. We protect our health care workers by requiring the Administration to enforce our stronger
For our families, we give direct payments to America's families in a robust way and strengthen the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit. We give more workers the security of guaranteed paid family and medical leave, including those caring for our seniors. And we make coronavirus treatment free for the patient.
For our students, we provide emergency funds for our schools and universities. We help current borrowers with their student debt burden and the GI Bill benefits. We bolster SNAP and other initiatives to address food insecurity.
For our democracy, we ensure that states can carry out this year's election and require early voting and vote-by-mail.
I am grateful to our Committee Chairs and Members for their extraordinary leadership and work for America's workers and families.
The Senate Republican bill put corporations first. But because of the insistence of Leader
We must be bold and forward-looking in our thinking. We must be swift and evidence-based in our actions. And we must be prayerful.
God bless the families of those who have lost loved ones and those fighting this terrible illness now. God bless our nurses, doctors, first responders and men and women in uniform. God bless the men and women in our factories making medical supplies, cars, all of it, and those keeping our grocery shelves stocked with food. God bless the scientists racing to find a cure. God bless all of you. And may God always bless America.
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