A public option is essential ...

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

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While we won't be able to help the 10,000 people who died in last year's [Ebola] outbreak, we can do something to save untold numbers of lives in the future if NIH is working at full strength.
 Diana DeGette
With the continued support of citizens who refuse to accept inaction at the expense of future generations, we will lead the world toward a sustainable future.
 Diana DeGette
This is the national equivalent of having no savings, your credit card maxed out, you didn't renew your insurance, and now your house has burned down. The only way we can start to solve this is rolling back the tax cuts for the rich, which would save about $70 billion.
 Diana DeGette