[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6677]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MEDICAID SAFETY NET ACT

  (Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues 
today to support H.R. 5613, the Medicaid Safety Net Act. There's a lot 
of misinformation about what this bill does. Here are the facts.
  When CMS put forth regulations to cut Medicaid service to save money, 
Mr. Barton's and Mr. Dingell's leadership not only prevented its cuts, 
but we actually saved more money than the cuts did.
  We can't keep doing business in Washington the same way. Cutting 
services to save money the easy way, but not always the right way. We 
cannot cut programs for seniors on fixed incomes, for disabled 
children, for the medically needy.
  Without this bill, North Carolina loses $2.5 billion, Missouri $1.4 
billion, Florida $665 million. But with this bill we provide health 
care and cut waste, fraud and abuse.
  I encourage the President to look past the rhetoric, withdraw his 
veto threat and encourage my colleagues to support this bill and 
support families in need.

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