Cory Booker: “Yes, I will, Leader Schumer. Earlier, or late last night, rather, I read dozens and dozens and dozens of letters from…”

“Yes, I will, Leader Schumer. Earlier, or late last night, rather, I read dozens and dozens and dozens of letters from terrified people. The stories were heartbreaking as people rendered their pride and gave us insights into the more painful aspects of their lives. I got emotional over one about a person talking about being diagnosed with Parkinson's and knowing the disease would be more and more debilitating, like I saw with my father, and demand more and more help. And she was paranoid that the burden on her family, they couldn't afford it. I had these amazing--this one amazing letter about a person who said they were in a sandwich generation--two 90-something-year-old parents they were taking care of and two adult men--children--with disabilities. For all these people, like you saw in the nursing homes, Medicaid wasn't a plus or some kind of abundance heaped upon their lives. It helps them keep the fragile financial world they were living in stable. And it is not just the $880 billion cuts, Senator Schumer. Half of that or a quarter of that would cut services that would pull apart their whole lives--their ability to care for their loved ones, their ability to still work. One person just said the transportation we get through Medicaid for my disabled child is the link that holds it all together.…”