[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PRESERVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, we have an obligation to our generations who 
built America. That's why we will not allow the Republicans to 
terminate Medicare with extreme prejudice.
  We will not allow them to turn a guarantee for seniors into a voucher 
program for the insurance industry. We will not allow them to turn 
Medicare into ``Medi-gone.'' We will not allow them to give us 6,000 
reasons to vote against their hair-brained scheme because they want to 
put $6,000 worth of more costs on our senior citizens.
  This is a noble obligation. It should not be shredded. We should 
reduce medical inflation, not put this burden on senior citizens. 
Preserve Medicare and reject the Republican scheme.

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