[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              HEALTH CARE

  (Ms. JENKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have health care solutions, but 
our solutions don't involve breaking promises to America's seniors. Our 
solutions don't involve slashing Medicare Advantage, a program that 
7,400 seniors from my district rely on day in and day out. Our 
solutions don't involve massive cuts to Medicare that will go far 
beyond reducing waste and do real harm to current programs that Kansas 
seniors enjoy.
  One of the President's stated goals for health care reform is to 
increase choice and competition in health care. Rather than moving 
forward with a plan that will reduce choice and have harmful effects on 
our seniors across the Nation, it is time to sit down and have an 
honest discussion about how we can extend health care coverage without 
a government takeover and without cutting Medicare.

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