John Yarmuth: “Before I came to Congress, I was a newspaper editor in Louisville, Kentucky. And as an editor, my job was to make sure…”

“Before I came to Congress, I was a newspaper editor in Louisville, Kentucky. And as an editor, my job was to make sure that our stories revealed the truth and made things easier to understand for our readers. Right now, the Republican majority in Congress is editing to obscure the truth and to hide the facts from the American people. Ever since a Republican candidate in New York lost a special election in a heavily Republican district because she supported the reckless GOP plan to end Medicare, the majority in this body has been petrified about what it might mean for their political careers if the American people actually found out the truth, and they are doing everything they can to hide the truth. The Republican-controlled Franking Commission--which controls content of mailings from congressional offices--is now dictating that any reference to the end of Medicare be cut out from correspondence. Whenever the word ``end'' is used, they say we have to use the word ``change.'' They won't let the truth be told. But the truth is, if you have eliminated something, you haven't changed it. You can't change something that has been killed. That's what the American people need to know. That's what the Republican majority is trying to hide, but they will not deceive the American people. ____________________”