Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):  "This is why this legislation is important: affordability for our middle-class that lower costs for every patient...It covers 96 percent of all Americans and it puts affordable coverage in reach for millions of uninsured and underinsured families - lowering health care costs for all of us. (Press Release, 10/29/2009)

However...

Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY):  "Well, exactly.  That is what we have been saying from day one... "Nobody ever believes we can actually bring costs down..." (Interview on Fox News, 11/03/2009)