Henry Waxman: “I am astounded to hear the gentleman from Ohio talk about a bill that will cut out the safety net under the poor and…”

“I am astounded to hear the gentleman from Ohio talk about a bill that will cut out the safety net under the poor and then say in years to come the poor will ask us to cut capital gains and maybe something will trickle down. We need this motion to instruct. Both the House and the Senate have protections for eligibility standards for Medicaid. Let us make sure they do not drop it. That is what they did in the last conference, and unless we get any assurances to the contrary, let us instruct our conferees to hold to the provisions that protect the rights of children at least to get health care, which is both in the House and the Senate bill.”