Tammy Baldwin

And that is an imminent crisis.

As we have been having this debate, people have been getting their notices and it is just skyrocketing.

And we need to act urgently.

Open enrollment for shopping for your health care plan starts November 1st.

We have to act with urgency.

And a wink and a nod from Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson is not going to be sufficient.

So we need to reopen the government and have an ironclad commitment to deal with this crisis.

Look, the health care crisis is top of mind.

Think about our last election, if you want to do a political analysis of it.

President Trump diagnosed the problem correctly during that campaign.

Costs are too high.

People can't afford their rent.

They can't afford housing.

They can't afford child care.

They can't afford groceries.

And they can't afford health care and prescription drugs.

The problem is when he took over the presidency, his policies have done just the reverse.

They haven't brought down costs on day one, as he said they would.

Costs have gone up.

The tariffs, the big, ugly bill.