Political Quotes

“That is for Medicare and Medicaid together. But there are different publications that have different articles about what Congress is working on. It is $30 billion in one article, anyhow, for Medicare reform, and it deals with the fraud, abuse and waste of different people who are impersonating doctors, sending these duplicate bills, having a 14-year-old read x-rays for which they are not qualified, and the list goes on and on. The legislation that we are cosponsoring is going to dispute the process of those prosecutions and make sure that the penalties are increased so that we make sure the dollars for care are going back to our seniors, that they get the quality service and they can live longer and live better. We are going to save Medicare because we want to make sure our seniors are protected, whether it is a mother, grandmother, sister, whoever it is, and we are going to make sure that Medicare is saved. Mr. Speaker, as freshman we have had 18 hour days and I think that is just part of being here in Washington and trying to make a difference.”