Schumer Remarks on President-Elect’s Tweets

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer delivered the following remarks at a press conference this morning:

“I’d say to the President-Elect that this is serious, serious stuff. People’s health is at stake. And, people’s lives are at stake. Now, we understand that President-Elect Trump is in a difficult spot -- that Republicans are in a difficult spot. They want to repeal ACA and have no idea how to replace it. But, instead of calling names, the President-Elect should roll up his sleeves and show us a replacement plan that will cover the 20 million Americans who gained coverage, that will cover students or post-college students, 21 to 26, who want to stay on their parents’ plan, that will show how we cover people with preexisting conditions. So, I’d say to the President-Elect and the Republicans that this is not a time for calling names. It’s time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they’d replace it with.”