Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference Following Passage of the Affordable Health
Care for America Act
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Democratic leaders held a press conference following the House passage of H.R.
3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The bill passed by a vote
of 220 to 215. Below are the Speaker's opening remarks:
"I and some of my colleagues just received a call from the President of the
United States, Barack Obama, congratulating us on a great victory for the
American people. I thank the President for his tremendous leadership because
without President Obama in the White House, this victory would not have been
possible. He provided the vision and the momentum for us to get the job done
for the American people. And for that we are very, very proud -- proud of our
success, proud of the Members of Congress who took a very, very intense
interest in the legislation -- they know what we have accomplished for the
American people.
"And it certainly would not have been possible without the tremendous
leadership of our committee chairs -- Mr. Waxman, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Rangel.
But I also want to congratulate the leadership team. We call it a team, but it
is becoming more and more of a partnership and we're hearing from all of them,
but Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Larson, Mr. Becerra, and Mr. Van Hollen, our
co-chairs -- Mr. Miller and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro -- have been wonderful.
"And now we'll hear from our chairmen. But we've all promised to be very brief
so I'll save the rest of my remarks for when I talk to you later. But I know
I speak for all of them when I say how proud we are to stand here with John
Dingell. He brings the history and the prospects for the future to this
debate. And how proud we were when he stood at that podium and opened the
debate this morning and how appropriate it was that he would close the debate
for our side and bring home a winning majority."
SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House
Brendan Daly, Nadeam Elshami, or Drew Hammill, all of the Office of the
Speaker of the House, +1-202-226-7616
