[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          THE SENATE MUST ACT

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, April 1, just a few days ago, most people 
don't realize it, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
reduced physician reimbursement for Medicare patients by 21 percent.
  This occurred as a matter of law. This is a deadline that we have 
been up against before, a drama that we have seen played out in this 
House multiple times during my tenure here.
  This time, it is different because the House of Representatives, 
right before the end of March, chose to act and passed, by a vote of 
392 individuals, to repeal this formula that crops up every year and 
threatens our Medicare patients and those that provide care for them.
  This bill is sitting over in the other body. The Chaplain talked 
about this being a season for renewal, and indeed, it is. It is my hope 
that in the other body that spirit of renewal will take hold, and they 
will take up and pass the bill that passed this House with an 
overwhelming majority some 2 weeks ago.
  It is time to do it. The other body can act.

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