Bob Beauprez: “actually I am going to come to the well of this House tonight to celebrate, not besmirch the gentleman's youth nor…”

“actually I am going to come to the well of this House tonight to celebrate, not besmirch the gentleman's youth nor certainly his wisdom. The gentleman from Florida and the gentleman from Texas, it is you, of anybody in this Chamber tonight, it is you and the millions of your generation that you represent in this Chamber, in this people's House that we ought to be concerned about. You are the ones that should be passionate because you are going to get stuck with the bill. I thank both the gentlemen. And there has been a lot of heated rhetoric in here tonight. Let us talk at least a shred of truth. What this bill does is suggest that for a person to be Medicaid eligible has to have less than 3 quarters of $1 million of net worth. Now, is that harsh folks? Let us get real. Who out there in the real world believes that that is overly harsh, that to be on a welfare program, to be nursing home eligible, you have to have less than 3 quarters of $1 million worth of net worth? Not the world that I came from.”