Janice Schakowsky: “I would like to address one specific refrain from our Republican colleagues, the assertion that the Bush administration…”

Let’s be clear: Medicare Advantage is not Medicare. These private insurance plans use Medicare’s trusted name while too often denying medically necessary care, restricting providers, and overcharging taxpayers by billions. That is…

I hereby remove my name as a cosponsor of H. Res. 353. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fine). The gentlewoman's request is granted. ____________________

I have always encouraged more participation in the democratic process.

I was otherwise detained and unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: ``nay'' on rollcall No. 710, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 711, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 712, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 713, ``yea''…