[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today's Wall Street 
Journal cites a quote from then-candidate Obama while out on the 
campaign trail. Mr. Obama railed against a health plan that included 
drastic cuts for seniors, saying, ``If you count on Medicare, it would 
mean fewer places to get care and less freedom to choose your own 
doctors. You'll pay more for your drugs. You'll receive fewer services. 
You'll get lower quality. I don't think that's right. In fact, ``it 
ain't right'' was his exact quote.
  Well, I couldn't have said it better, Mr. President. It is so 
troubling that this plan that your party is putting before us proposes 
to do exactly that. The plan would cut a total of $538 billion from 
Medicare, $172 billion from Medicare Advantage alone.
  We need a plan that works with our seniors, not against them.

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