Steve Scalise: “Once again, Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the other side would talk about cutting healthcare benefits when we just…”

“Once again, Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the other side would talk about cutting healthcare benefits when we just had a bill to fund healthcare benefits to the tune of $138 billion, and every Democrat voted ``no.'' We passed the bill with Republican votes. We will continue to do our work. We will continue standing up to the extremists on the left who want to bring our country to a socialist direction with lies and misrepresentations. We heard it. They said that benefits would be cut. We just passed a bill that strengthened those benefits. They voted ``no,'' so maybe that means they wanted to cut those benefits. We didn't. We stood in the brink, and we voted to support our veterans. We are going to continue negotiations during this work period to keep working to get the job done and to work for the people who sent us here; not to work for the people who want to change this country to something that is unrecognizable in socialist nations. Let's stand up for America. Let's keep getting the job done. We have more work to do. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________”