Kendrick Meek: “I will tell my colleague right now, higher copayments, higher premiums, and benefits are going to be reduced. That is…”

“I will tell my colleague right now, higher copayments, higher premiums, and benefits are going to be reduced. That is the bottom line. It does not get better for the seniors; it gets worse. It gets better for those who are on the side of the Republican majority, because I am going to tell you right now, if you are a special interest group, you do not even have to grab the mike and come to committee. Do not worry. The leadership on the opposite side of the aisle, they have your back. Do not worry, do not say anything, oil industry. Billionaires, do not say anything; we have you. We are going to make sure you are okay. Do not worry about it; you do not have to fight. They were talking about a group within the Republican Conference, or I should say it is the entire Republican Conference, that has come up with a budget that is making cuts across the board for everyday Americans. Not a mumbling word, not a mumbling word about billionaires. The gentleman from Ohio just had a chart up of Americans making over half a million dollars. Not a mumbling word to just say, you know, we need 3 percent of what we have given you to not only balance the budget, but soften the cuts on everyday Americans.”