Frank Pallone: “I support tax cuts cuts. We all support tax cuts, but not when they are at the expense of Medicare. We have already…”

“I support tax cuts cuts. We all support tax cuts, but not when they are at the expense of Medicare. We have already witnessed attempts by the Gringrich-Dole Congress over the last 2 years to raid Medicare for tax breaks for the rich. Democrats stood up and stopped the Republicans dead in their tracks, preventing the demise of Medicare as we know it. Today, Bob Dole is back in town, meeting with Speaker Gingrich behind closed doors, likely discussing ways to attack Medicare again for their tax break schemes. Last year Speaker Gingrich and former Senator Dole proposed the largest Medicare cuts in history to pay for a tax break that would have primarily benefited the wealthy. Mr. Speaker, it is the same old story. GOP truly means get old people, again and again. ____________________”