Pelosi: Women's Marched "Dwarfed" Trump's Inaugural Turnout

On January 20th, our nation
witnessed the peaceful transfer of power
with the inauguration of a new president.
The next morning America awaken to a
peaceful show of power of millions of
women and men across the country and
indeed across the world.
Congratulations to the courageous
organizers of the Women's March who
enabled women and their families to
demonstrate our values, our unity, and our
good spirit, in crowds that dwarfed the
inaugural turnout. The actions of the
administration and congressional
Republicans following the march was
swift and nasty. The president
reinstated and international gag rule
that silences even a discussion of
women's reproductive choices. And House
Republicans passed and expanded and even
more dangerous version of the hyde
amendment. The week of the inauguration
though we also observed Martin Luther
King day. Dr. King always challenged
Americans to recognize the connection
between the ballot, legislation and their
lives. This week starkly demonstrated
that connection. Women have marched for
progress. Now they must run for office.
Nothing is more wholesome to government
and politics then increased
participation of women. Last weekend one
of the reasons women marched was to
protect the health care of the American
people. Sadly, Republicans instead of
focusing on raising wages and creating
jobs, their first actions this year moved to
repeal the Affordable Care Act — planning to
slash and burn Medicaid and to destroy
the sacred Medicare guarantee that is
protected generations of seniors—
unleashing the long-standing Republican
plan to let Medicare wither on the vine.
The Affordable Care Act has made immense
progress in each of the goals it set forth —
improving quality of care, expanding
access and lowering cost. The Republicans
plan will make America great again, it
will make America sick again.
The facts are these: the congressional
budget office whose director was appointed
by republican speaker, has documented the
dire consequences of repealing the ACA.
The number of uninsured Americans
will increase by 18 million in the first
year alone, surging 232 million by 2026.
The cost of premiums for Americans in the
individual market will double in the
same time with the repeal of the
Affordable Care Act. Protecting the
Affordable Care Act is not just about
the 20 million newly insured Americans,
it's also about the more than 150
million Americans with insurance through
their workplace, who under the ACA cannot
be denied coverage for pre-existing
conditions, who are now protected from
lifetime limits on care, whose children
can now stay on their parents policy
until age 26, who cannot be charged more
because of their gender because being a
woman is no longer a pre-existing
condition. It's about fighting for
children like Zoey Madison Lynn born with
severe congenital heart defect in May of
2010. She faced her first of three open
heart surgeries at 15 hours old. And by
six months old, Zoey was halfway to the
lifetime limits her insurer placed on
her care. Without the ACA Zoey and
her family safe to harrowing future. Not
only using up all her lifetime health
coverage before preschool, but carrying
the burden of a pre-existing condition.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act
Zoey is protected. Her family can have
confidence in her future. Tragically
repeal of the Affordable Care Act will be
lead to death disability and suffering.
And Republicans will do all of this to give
a massive new tax break to the
wealthiest, as they abandon seniors and
working families across America.
Democrats will stand our ground to
protect the Affordable Care Act because
as we and many marches believe
healthcare is the right of every
American, not just the privileged few.
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.

Pelosi: Women's Marched "Dwarfed" Trump's Inaugural Turnout

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