[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 87 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. WALZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, last week I had the opportunity to welcome 
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to my district 
and to the city of Rochester, Minnesota, home to the Mayo Clinic, to 
talk about the positive influence that the health care reform bill will 
have on Medicare reform, paying for value over volume and continuing to 
provide the highest quality care to our citizens at the lowest possible 
cost.
  I also went over with my friend Ron Kind into La Crosse, Wisconsin, 
to talk to seniors. We heard a lot about the Medicare part D doughnut 
hole. As my colleague from Pennsylvania said, this week $250 rebate 
checks will be going to them to allow those seniors who have worked 
their entire life to build this Nation and to prepare for a prosperous 
and comfortable retirement to be able to pay for that expensive 
doughnut hole as it was crafted under the previous law. There are 
63,000 Minnesotans who will see that 3 weeks in advance.
  This is just one of the many benefits that will come to them. It's 
absolutely critical our seniors in this country hear the facts, the 
real facts about health care reform, how it will end up bringing higher 
quality of care and lower costs paying down the national debt. I am 
proud that the Secretary could see that at the world-famous Mayo 
Clinic.

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