[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                     REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE ASHAMED

  (Mr. RICHMOND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHMOND. Madam Speaker, you can tell a lot about a person by how 
they treat our seniors and how they treat our children. According to 
the 2012 budget, House Republicans do not value our seniors nor our 
children. They want to privatize Medicare and undo Medicaid. They will 
burden already cash-strapped States, and place it in the hands of 
Governors. Under their plan, Governors will decide whether or not you 
will receive health care. They are telling 50 million seniors to cough 
up the money or get off the health care rolls. They are telling the 1.5 
million Medicare and Medicaid recipients in Louisiana that they are on 
their own.
  According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, most 
beneficiaries would spend more for health care under the new proposal 
and could get reduced quality care under the GOP proposal that we are 
fighting here today.
  Grandparents and their grandchildren will have less access to doctors 
when they are sick. Through this budget, we see the Republican future; 
and it ain't a pretty one. To use my grandmother's words, Madam 
Speaker: Republicans, you should be ashamed of yourselves for picking 
on our seniors and our children.

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