Jaime Herrera Beutler Quotes

We will have health care reform in America.

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

I have voted to repeal the president's health care law and will continue to advocate for its repeal. Additionally, I will push for critical reforms that focus on controlling costs and empowering patients within the health care system.

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

We're trying to take a leadership role in solving the nation's health-care crisis. We want everybody in this country to have health insurance.

The time is now for Congress to address health care in America.

Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

Keeping America competitive requires affordable health care.

I think it's important, especially in health care, to take this step by step, whether it's the replacement of the Affordable Care Act, how we make Medicaid work better, how we save Medicare for the long term.

I have worked very, very hard over the course of my time in Congress to make sure that everybody does get access to quality, affordable, accessible health care.

The Patients' Bill of Rights is necessary to guarantee that health care will be available for those who are paying for insurance. It's a part of the overall health care picture.

I think the first and principle objective is to repeal Obamacare before it does lasting, fundamental damage to our health care system, to our individual liberty, to the relationship each of us has with his or her doctor.

As Congress debates overhauling the nation's health care system, it should not authorize a reform plan that would further our financial woes. We must avoid creating an unsustainable government program. There is no question that reform is needed, but health care can be made more affordable without massive and expensive new bureaucracies.

A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care.

Every American has a right to affordable, high-quality health care.

Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

Frankly, health care and politics are 'inextricably intertwined.'

On one of the most personal matters of our lives, our health care, President Obama would turn decision making over to government bureaucrats. He forced through Obama-care and I will repeal it.

Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace.

I have been absolutely clear where I'm coming from about health care reform. This is something this nation has to do and a robust public option has been the mantra of my campaign from the very outset.

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

Over and over again, I hear from Oregonians that we need real health care reform that provides every American with access to quality, affordable care.

I believe in health care reform.