Kathy Castor: “I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this important…”

“I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this important, bipartisan, landmark bill. Our parents and grandparents who rely on Medicare and the doctors that take care of them can breathe easier today because of this bill. Medicare will be stronger, and it will be more efficient. We are going to put ``modern'' into modern medicine by transitioning the Medicare health system into one that focuses on quality rather than quantity. I would like to thank my colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Pallone, Mr. Pitts and Mr. Green, and Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi for also adding into this important package new assurance for children across America, for our community health centers. The State Children's Health Insurance Program now gets a very significant boost, along with our health centers that take care of so many of our neighbors. Thanks again to the professional staff, to the great public servants in the Obama administration. I urge a ``yes'' vote on this important, landmark bill.”