George Miller: “last year the American public witnessed the Republicans shutting down the U.S. Federal Government so they could try and…”

“last year the American public witnessed the Republicans shutting down the U.S. Federal Government so they could try and force the President of the United States to cut Medicare, to give tax cuts to the wealthy. Apparently the Republicans have learned nothing from their repudiation by the American people of that budget because they are back again this year. They are back again today cutting over $168 billion out of Medicare, reducing the spending below the rate of inflation for senior citizens, which means that senior citizens will have less money to purchase the health care that they have today in the future. What will they do with that money? Not repair the Medicare account. They are going to give that money in capital gains tax to some of the wealthiest people in this Nation. That is what the country repudiated last year when they shut down the Government. That is what the country is going to repudiate this year, and senior citizen ought to understand that the Republicans are back, same old budget, same old ploy, and the same old cuts in Medicare to give tax cuts to the wealthy.”