Renee L. Ellmers: “Thank you so much, and thank you for leading this Special Order tonight. It's so important. You've heard from my fellow…”

“Thank you so much, and thank you for leading this Special Order tonight. It's so important. You've heard from my fellow women colleagues the discussion we're having about our families, our seniors, Medicare, Social Security, and the importance of operating under a budget. We continue to grapple with these issues because here in the House of Representatives we've passed numerous bills, we've passed the repeal of the President's health care bill, and yet only to go on to the Senate and not be taken up for a vote. You heard my fellow women colleagues discuss how we've passed 15 bills on to the Senate, including the repeal, with no action whatsoever. The American people are calling for jobs, the American people are calling for a change in our economy, and those bills will take care of that issue. Those bills will set us on a path towards recovery, and yet we continuously play politics on the Senate side. We don't bring these things for a vote. We're here tonight talking about all these issues that affect our families, again, our seniors. Our seniors are so concerned about what's going to happen in the future. Our seniors have paid into a system their entire life, into Social Security and Medicare. They deserve those benefits back. As a nurse, taking care of seniors was part of my core health care life, taking care of seniors and ensuring that they're going to receive good care throughout the remainder of their life. And they've paid into that benefit willingly.…”