[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   REPUBLICAN BUDGET TO END MEDICARE

  (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today in 
strong opposition to the Ryan Republican budget that will end Medicare 
as we know it.
  Reminiscent of last year, the Republican budget provides tax breaks 
for the millionaires and billionaires while ending the Medicare 
guarantees for our seniors, sticking them with the bill for rising 
health care costs.
  The proposals in the Republican budget lack balance and jeopardize 
the health and economic security of our Nation's seniors. The 300,000 
Texas seniors, who have saved almost $200 million on prescription drug 
costs since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, will be forced 
back into the prescription drug doughnut hole.
  I urge my Republican colleagues to end this attack on our seniors, as 
they have already been through enough, and we have given the rich too 
much leeway while the middle class and the poor pay the bills.

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