Sebelius Urges Portsmouth Voters to 'Sing' Obama's Praises [VIDEO]

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Portsmouth area voters Friday she may be "preaching to the choir" when it comes to President Obama, but they still have much work to do to help him get re-elected in November.

"You need to pick up the microphone and sing" to your neighbors and make them understand what is at stake in the November 6 election, said Sebelius, who made several stops in New Hampshire Friday and will make more on Saturday.

Sebelius said the differences between the President's policies and Mitt Romney's policies on Medicare, the economy, women's health couldn't be more stark.

When it comes to rebuilding the economy, Sebelius said that while the President believes a strong economy is built on a foundation of a strong middle class, Romney and his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan believe Americans are on the "on your own ship."

So far, Sebelius said President Obama's policies have created 5.1 million jobs since he took office.

On education, Sebelius said President Obama wants to invest more money in make it better at every level so the current and subsequent generations can compete for the new jobs in technology and clean energy with their peers around the world. She said President Obama also wants to federal government to partner with states to create stronger early childhood education.

Meanwhile, Sebelius, a former Kansas governor, said Romney "has a running mate who wants to slash education funding and slash Pell grants."

On healthcare, Sebelius said President Obama has always believed that the nation cannot fix the economy until it fixes its healthcare system, which is what the Affordable Care Act will do once it is fully implemented in 2014. She said Romney and Ryan want to turn back the clock 50 years before Medicare was passed and make it harder for women and families to get the healthcare they need and deserve.

Thanks to President Obama, Sebelius said women will no longer have to worry that they will be charged 50 percent more for the medical care by insurance companies. "Those days are coming to an end," she added.

While the President wants to move forward and work with Congress to strengthen Medicare so it is available for future generations, Sebelius said Romney and Ryan want to give seniors vouchers, which would "turn seniors over to insurance companies."

She also quoted her father, a diehard Notre Dame football fan, who often quoted Notre Dame's coach while she was growing up in Kansas: "We're not where we want to be, but thank God we're not where we used to be."