those are the same constituents and my constituents that are going to get hit by the Medicaid cuts, the same veterans that will be paying more on their copayments, waiting longer for their services. Those are the same individuals that the gentleman is describing. And the gentleman is 110 percent right, and I am glad that he is warning the majority that this stuff is not going to be quiet.
Kendrick Meek: “those are the same constituents and my constituents that are going to get hit by the Medicaid cuts, the same veterans…”
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