“As we mark another Memorial Day, we recommit to addressing the challenges of military families in our time: to ensure timely access to benefits; to end the claims backlog at the VA; to secure quality health care and good-paying jobs for our service members. On this day and every day, we must reaffirm our solemn promise: just as the military leaves no one behind on the battlefield, we will leave no veteran behind at home.”
“Thanks to the cooperation and commitment of California’s medical community, our health insurance marketplace will expand competitiveness, improve health care, protect the economic security of the middle class, and transform millions of lives. I am proud to see that California is leading the way in establishing the bright and healthy future that the Affordable Care Act is meant to ensure.”
“President Obama’s address reaffirmed our nation’s firm commitment to preserving our security while upholding our civil liberties. As elected officials, we have no greater responsibility than protecting the American people; with the President’s statement today, we have a broad framework to meet that duty and maintain our commitment to our country’s highest ideals."
"Instead of working to enact a budget, or to create jobs, today the House Republicans will vote on the “Make College More Expensive Act.” This is really stunning. I hope you pay attention to the debate with the charts and the rest. It clearly demonstrates how damaging this is to college affordability, to those who want to go to college, to their families who want to help them to do so..."
“As we approach Memorial Day, the challenge to our conscience of that – meeting the needs of our veterans is heightened. It is with us every day. But it’s heightened on Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, and other times of the year. As we say in our meetings all the time on the battlefield, the military says: ‘on the battlefield, we will leave no soldier behind.’ And all of us say together, in a bi-partisan way: ‘and when they come home, we will leave no veteran behind.’ And so, it is in that spirit that this backlog is a challenge to the conscience of our country..."
