[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PROTECTING OUR FUTURE

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, the best thing Members of Congress can do to 
represent their constituents well is to stay in touch.
  Today we had another teletown hall in my district, and we listened to 
seniors be concerned about Social Security and Medicare. They wondered 
why the Ryan budget takes away from them and why would Social Security 
and Medicare, which are good for so many years to come and not the 
cause of the deficit, why their future health care expenses and their 
daily expenses are being threatened. Those are good questions, and I 
let them know that the Democrats in this Congress and in the Senate 
aren't going to allow that to be jeopardized. We are going to maintain 
Social Security and Medicare as we know it. It's so important.
  For the young people--and I see one up there. The young people, Mr. 
Speaker, need to see that student loan rates stay at 3.4 percent and 
not the way the Republicans are going to do it and pay for it by taking 
away cervical cancer screenings and mammograms for women. That's wrong. 
We need to protect our future, the future generations, be statesmen and 
not worry about tomorrow's election.

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