Kathleen Sebelius Quotations

I've spent my career fighting the worst practices of insurance companies.

I was governor of Kansas when Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts.

American research and resources have literally changed the face of humanity, by tackling deadly and once-deadly diseases.

Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.

What we've been finding is that when you remove the barriers to innovation, you can actually hold costs down while lifting entrepreneurs up and getting better health results.

We've been finding that when you empower engineers, scientists, and coders, they respond by creating new tools to empower physicians, patients, and parents.

In this 21st century world, some of our country's most significant exports and imports extend beyond goods and services: They also include innovation, knowledge, discovery, and healing.

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers.

If your voices are not heard, you can be sure that many others will be - in particular those who are paid to present a point of view, and often do it most effectively.

From 1965 to 1967, my dad, Jack Gilligan, served in Congress and helped pass landmark laws like the Voting Rights Act.