On the recordDecember 20, 2011
Let me thank the gentleman for yielding this brief time for me to respond. Mr. Speaker, I want to join my friend from Georgia, Mr. David Scott, in trying to expose some of the hypocrisy that we are seeing playing out here on the House floor today. I'm just so terribly disappointed that House Republicans want to ignore the overwhelming bipartisan Senate vote a few days ago, and you are failing to realize the devastation that millions of Americans will experience. They are going to lose their unemployment benefits. The average family is going to realize a $1,000 tax increase on January 1. And let's not forget our doctors. There are some medical doctors sitting on that side of the Chamber. Medical doctors in this country who treat Medicare patients will see a 27.3 percent decrease in their reimbursement rates. We can do better than this, Mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to reconsider their position. Let's go ahead and vote for the 2-month fix, and let's get on into February and let's have this debate that you've been talking about over the last 2 hours.
