[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                MEDICAID

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, in the midst of our effort to rein in 
Federal spending, you have Members of this body and special interest 
groups telling the American people that we are slashing Medicaid. They 
are saying that our Deficit Reduction Act will actually cut Medicaid.
  Madam Speaker, our plan does not cut. Since when does slowing the 
growth, and tremendous growth at that, from 7.3 percent to 7 percent a 
year constitute a cut? The left needs to stop playing games. If they 
want us to keep spending and spending until there is nothing left, 
until we cannot spend any more, then they need to be honest about it 
and they need to say that. But don't call a 0.3 percent reduction in 
growth a cut. It is dishonest and our constituents deserve better.

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