Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6020) to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Honor Our Living Donors Act''. SEC. 2. NO CONSIDERATION OF INCOME OF ORGAN RECIPIENT. Section 377 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274f) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ``(c) No Consideration of Income of Organ Recipient.--The recipient of a grant under this section, in providing reimbursement to a donating individual through such grant, shall not give any consideration to the income of the organ recipient.''; and (3) in subsection (f), as so redesignated-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``subsection (c)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(1)''; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(2)''. SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF EXPECTATION OF PAYMENTS BY ORGAN RECIPIENTS. Section 377(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.…”