Jack Kingston: “Mr. Speaker, tonight is the eve of the trustees report on Medicare. Each year the trustees who are appointed, three of…”

“Mr. Speaker, tonight is the eve of the trustees report on Medicare. Each year the trustees who are appointed, three of them by the President of the United States, give a state of affairs on Medicare, how it is doing, how much money it is bringing in, how many people are participating, what works and what does not work. We all remember on April 3, 1995, when those Clinton-appointed Medicare trustees gave us the very sad news that Medicare was going broke and if we did not act and act quickly to protect and preserve Medicare, that it would not be there for our grandparents and for future generations. I think what the Republican Party has tried to do since April 1995 is work to solve Medicare on a bipartisan basis, because, Mr. Speaker, my mother and dad depend on it. My great grandmother depends on it. My wife depends on it. My wife's grandmother depends on it. It is something we believe deeply as Americans that we need to protect and preserve.”