Bill Quote by Jim McGovern

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.

— Bobby Jindal

I ran for president in 1996.

— Arlen Specter

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that…

— Jimmy Carter

When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for…

— Bart Stupak

I served on the committee in the U.S. House that wrote the Affordable Care Act. I defended it back home in endless town halls.…

— Chris Murphy

I ran for Congress as a first-time candidate to fight to protect everyone with a pre-existing condition, to bring down the skyrocketing costs of…

— Elissa Slotkin

I led the fight for the Clinton health care plan in 1994. We failed. I learned from that experience. What I learned is you…

— Dick Gephardt

When we didn't succeed at healthcare reform back in 1993, 1994, I went to work with Democrats and Republicans and we created the Children's…

— Hillary Clinton

When I was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president back in 1995, 1996, I advocated the fair tax.

— Richard Lugar

I voted to repeal the government takeover of health care that raises costs, increases taxes, spends trillions of dollars that we don't have, cuts…

— Robert Hurt

I can tell you about health care and also about the financial reform bill. The Barack Obama, the President personally and his administration officials…

— Barney Frank

I was very political when JFK ran.

— Bob Newhart