[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               48TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I rise in celebration of the birthday of 
Medicare and Medicaid.
  Forty-eight years ago today, President Johnson solidified our 
historic promise to all Americans. This is what he said:

       No longer will older Americans be denied the healing 
     miracle of modern medicine. No longer will illness crush and 
     destroy the savings that they have so carefully put away over 
     a lifetime so that they might enjoy dignity in their later 
     years. No longer will young families see their incomes and 
     their own hopes eaten away simply because they are carrying 
     out their deep moral obligations to their parents and to 
     their uncles and their aunts--and no longer will this Nation 
     refuse the hand of justice to those who have given a lifetime 
     of service and wisdom and labor to the progress of this 
     progressive country.

  Madam Speaker, let us honor this promise to our parents, to our 
neighbors, and to our children by protecting Medicare and Medicaid and 
making sure the care it offers is there when it's needed the most.

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