I believe that we have to find the funding necessary for essential government programs and that cutting the Secretary of Agriculture is much better than cutting such programs as skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, oxygen under Medicare, brachytherapy under Medicare, end-stage renal disease funding under Medicare or Medicare Advantage. For those reasons, I rise in strong support of the gentleman's amendment.
John Shadegg: “I believe that we have to find the funding necessary for essential government programs and that cutting the Secretary of…”
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Supporting an amendment related to funding for essential government programs.
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