[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13174-13175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

  (Ms. MATSUI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 50th 
anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
  When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into 
law, he proclaimed that:
  ``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 own incomes and their own hopes eaten away simply because they 
are carrying out their deep moral obligations to their parents.''
  We need to continue to keep these promises by protecting and 
expanding Medicare and Medicaid. Together, these two programs provide 
health coverage for our Nation's seniors, people with disabilities, and 
moms and families. We must ensure that these programs are here for now 
and for future generations.

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