[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13397-13398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

  (Mrs. DAHLKEMPER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. Mr. Speaker, most people understand that we have a 
real tangible need for the safety nets of Social Security and Medicare. 
The hard lessons of history compelled us to create protections for our 
seniors who have given us a lifetime of hard work and deserve security 
in their golden years.
  But Washington Republicans just don't get it. They want to privatize 
Social Security and put seniors' retirement at the mercy of the stock 
market. They want to repeal the benefits we provided through Medicare. 
If Republicans had their way, they'd reopen

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the doughnut hole. They'd take away free, preventative health care 
under Medicare, and they'd play roulette with our seniors' retirement, 
their access to doctors, and their prescription drugs.
  Washington Republicans have turned their backs on our seniors. I'm 
proud to stand by our seniors and make sure they have quality, 
affordable health care, safety and security in retirement, and peace of 
mind that these benefits are here to stay.

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