Paul Tonko

The Republican majority seems to be using any route possible to hide the truth about its ``road to ruin'' budget and its plans to end Medicare. The Washington Post, the New York Times, the National Journal, and others recently reported…

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I rise today in support of my colleague from Connecticut to properly fund the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, otherwise known as the CFTC. All eyes are upon us. Well, at least we hope they are. Unfortunately…

My constituents are wondering when the House majority will hear their cries: Don't end Medicare. In fact, a recent CNN poll showed opposition to the Road to Ruin budget that ends Medicare, with the highest amongst those being senior…

I look forward to the next 20 minutes where we can discuss the future of Medicare. It is being addressed in this House during this 112th session of Congress. We have seen many statements made about Medicare in the last weeks. I can tell…

In just moments from now, we will have a new Democratic colleague from my home State of New York. The Democratic Congresswoman- elect hails from the most Republican district in my State, a district that John McCain won in 2008. Just one…

The ``Road to Ruin'' Republican budget will end Medicare. It will end a program that 46 million seniors and disabled individuals depend on for their health care. In fact, the end of Medicare will mean seniors are forced to pay more for…

My amendment encourages the DOD Medical Research Program to use the most advanced research technology possible when researching certain diseases. The DOD Medical Research Program has made great advances in diagnostics relative to breast…

The underlying legislation guts funding for vital teaching health centers across the country. Teaching health centers are residency programs for primary care physicians. They provide community-based training for doctors who will go on to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, after line 12, add the following: (d) GAO Study on Impact on Number of Primary Care Physicians to…

My friends on the other side of the aisle seem steadfast and determined in their attack on access to affordable, quality health care. Couple that with their plan to end Medicare, and our Nation's seniors are put in quite a bind. Meanwhile…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Cardoza

Representative Garamendi, if you will suffer an interruption and yield, you talk about those Big Oil profits. You talk about the trillions they are willing to spend. And then they have the audacity to say it is a spending problem. Well…

Absolutely. I think what people will say too is, well, we don't make those products anymore in America. Well, we might be able to if we modernize our manufacturing processes. But also, if you're going to try and convince, if we try to…

I would just encourage us here in Washington on the Hill as we develop policy and debate budgets to keep in mind the history that should be replicated, sound history, history that had a proven track record, like that of the global race on…

Thank you, Representative Cicilline. And, again, thank you for your outspokenness, because we need to make certain that all of America is involved in this dialogue, because this is a critical tipping point in this Nation's history. We can…

Right. And when you look at the statistics, the median household salary for our seniors is $19,000; the average individual salary is $19,000. When you look at the onerous outcome of having to reach for thousands more dollars out of your…

Representative Garamendi, if you will, that Medicaid cut also will impact the Nation's seniors because when they're in institutional settings we know about 66 percent of the expenditure is for our seniors. Again, we understand the…

Thank you. Representative Garamendi, we have about 4 minutes remaining in our one-half hour here of dialogue.

Thank you, Representative Garamendi. I appreciate you and Representative Cicilline joining in this important half-hour of discussion. But I can clearly state that no one that I talked to in this House, no Representative, was hearing…

The opportunity this evening for the Democratic Caucus in the House to address this budget and to go forward with a discussion on our stand on the issues and solutions that we're proposing is an important opportunity for us to be able to…

Absolutely, Representative. Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for bringing us together in what is this usual important discussion. You have done that time and time again for us to focus on an innovation economy, on building it, and…

Not only is it promoting energy efficiency; it can help us along this trail of energy self-sufficiency, which then pulls us out of our dependency, which is gluttonous to date, on unfriendly nations providing us our supplies for energy. It…

I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this issue and for yielding me time. Let there be no doubt, Americans are worried about the price of gasoline; and its recent spike has, once again, put us on notice. Yet this bill that relieves…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Madam Speaker, in the last week I have twice offered an amendment to protect health care for seniors, veterans, and active duty military and military families. And to my great disappointment, the…

I thank my distinguished colleague for yielding. Mr. Chairman, as indicated in the chart to my right, the Republican Road to Ruin budget ends Medicare and other investments to pay for tax breaks to millionaires and some of the most…