[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5089]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         REPUBLICAN BUDGET BREAKS PROMISE TO AMERICA'S SENIORS

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. When I entered public service, I promised I would never 
forget those Americans who built this Nation. They educated my 
generation, passing on a better, stronger country than they inherited.
  Nearly 50 years ago, Congress passed Medicare, and President Lyndon 
Johnson signed it, with former President Harry Truman and Bess Truman 
sitting at his side. America promised that if you worked hard, we would 
not forget you in your golden years. We promised that health care bills 
would not drag seniors into financial ruin.
  The Republican budget breaks that promise. It tells our parents and 
grandparents to fend for themselves, and it ends the Medicare 
guarantee. The promise that I made, that this country made, and that I 
demand this Congress uphold, is that we treat seniors like national 
treasures and not national burdens. The Republican budget fails that 
promise to America's seniors.

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