Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.:

Well, let me first say that it's an honor to be here with you again for the second time. Two years ago, we were here together.

And it's important to be able to set the record straight clearly. Either they don't know the facts or they're misrepresenting the facts.

And it would be easier for the public to understand that the Republican attorneys general throughout the country have brought suit against the Affordable Care Act, saying that the preexisting condition shouldn't be a benefit.

The president of the United States, instead of defending the law, which protects preexisting conditions, has joined them in saying, we agree with them.

So what they may say in the campaign is not true. And that's just the way it is.

But I don't want to get into a give-and-take with a party activist. I'm here to talk about the future of our country. This isn't even about Democrats or Republicans. This is about the United States of America.

It's about honoring the vision of the founders for life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, with a path that says e pluribus unum, that we have to try to work together — from many, one. It's about the truth about health care that's the biggest issue in the campaign.

That's why the Republicans are misrepresenting it. But it's about really maintaining the preexisting condition benefit, about preserving Medicare and Medicaid, which they have said are on the chopping block, and it's about lowering the cost of prescription drugs, which is something that hopefully we can do in a bipartisan way.

Our for-the-people agenda is lowering health care costs by reducing the cost of prescription drugs, increasing paychecks by building the infrastructure of America, and making government more accountable by having integrity in government, overturning some of their corruption in the Republican Congress and in the administration.