[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE RYAN REPUBLICAN BUDGET THROWS SENIORS OFF A CLIFF

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, they cradled us in our arms when 
we were babies, picked us off the ground when we scraped our knees, 
worked long hours to send us to college, and embraced us with 
unconditional love. I am talking about our parents and our 
grandparents. That is why, Mr. Speaker, I am distraught with tears in 
my heart because of the Republican budget--slashing Medicaid by 
billions and cutting critical funding for our neediest seniors in 
nursing homes.
  When our grannies and gramps are at their weakest, their oldest, 
their loneliest, the Republican Ryan budget puts them in a wheelchair 
and throws them off a cliff. That is wrong, Mr. Speaker. I say ``no'' 
to this budget. We can do much better.

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