Martin Sabo: “Mr. Chairman, I listen to this and I think that anybody who is watching it or listening to it in their office would ask…”

“Mr. Chairman, I listen to this and I think that anybody who is watching it or listening to it in their office would ask themselves, who should I believe? Now, the last Speaker got up here and said that we ought to stop scaring the seniors. I agree with that. It was the Republican proposal that scared the seniors in the first instance. And for those individuals who know who Yogi Berra is, Yogi Berra once said, when asked about a particular event, it is kind of deja vu all over again. What we are seeing today is the same plan they rolled out here last year. They did not change anything. Oh, they have tinkered with it a little bit. They said they are not going to fool with the senior citizens premiums. They are not going to raise it up to 31 percent; they are going to hold it at 25 percent. Now, of course that is the House. Now, we all know it will pass out of the House and go over to the Senate. Is there any agreement with the Senate on that; does anybody know? No, there is no agreement. This is a House proposal, and we will get the same wrangle and, just watch, we will get the same jerking around. Now, instead of the part B premiums, the House GOP is going to cut hospitals because they do not want to cut doctors.”