Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I stand in support of H.R. 3178, the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017. I am pleased that Chairman Brady, along with Health Subcommittee Chairman Tiberi, Ranking Member Levin, and I worked in a bipartisan manner to draft this legislation. It brings together a number of important measures to improve Medicare part B. I encourage all of our colleagues to support it. As I said during the bipartisan Ways and Means Committee markup of H.R. 3178, I hope the committee will be able to hold more meetings like this. This is what the American people want and expect from their Members: to get things done in a bipartisan manner. The bill before us today is pretty straightforward. It makes important changes to Medicare part B in a number of ways. It includes a commonsense transitional policy for home infusion services, cosponsored by Mr. Tiberi and Mr. Pascrell. Our colleagues Mr. Bishop and Mr. Mike Thompson are cosponsors of language to streamline Medicare rules to improve access to medically necessary prosthetics and orthotics. Mr. John Lewis cosponsored language to help dialysis facilities improve backlogs so they can more efficiently treat end-stage renal disease. Ms. DelBene and Mr. Mike Thompson are cosponsors of a bill that allows telehealth so patients can receive dialysis in the comfort of their own home. Finally, the measure includes clarification language to Stark laws that Mr.…”