I will finish. So instead of a bipartisan effort to save it, by this rule you are essentially deeming the budget that you passed that ended Medicare, period. So don't come and say you're saviors when you're eliminating a program. Stand up and be honest and say you want to replace it with something else. That something else is not Medicare. It's turning it over to the private insurance industry and saying to seniors who become eligible, who would be, instead, you are going to see double your costs. That's not forthright. If you vote ``yes'' on the rule, you are the second time voting to end Medicare. Announcement by the Speaker The SPEAKER. The Chair will remind Members that their remarks should be addressed to the Chair.
On the recordJune 1, 2011
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