Matt Cartwright
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Matt Alton Cartwright is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Cartwright has focused on issues such as healthcare, job creation, and infrastructure during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving the lives of working families in his district and has worked on various initiatives to support local businesses and economic development.
Jun 17, 2014
In April, the Congressional Budget Office, nonpartisan, estimated that the Risk Corridor Program would be budget neutral over its three year life.
Jun 17, 2014
By statute, the Reinsurance Program is funded solely by contributions from insurance companies, the reinsurance pool amount, am I correct?
Jun 17, 2014
That is what made me decide we have to do something different with health care in this country.
Jun 17, 2014
Let us not forget that Medicare Part D was signed into law under the George W. Bush Administration, supported by Senators Sessions, McConnell and others, Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, Budget Chairman Ryan and the chairman of our…
Jun 17, 2014
What I find most troubling about labeling the ACA's risk management programs as a bailout to insurers is that these same three mechanisms have been in use in Medicare Part D for the past nine years as several of you mentioned.
May 8, 2014
I rise because today in the House we will bring up a vote on approximately $310 billion of permanent tax credit extenders, including the very popular research and experimentation credit, a bipartisan-supported tax extender, but this is…
Apr 2, 2014
I believe you need to set a high bar that truly protects our environment and requires full disclosure about what is going into the ground, and potentially into our water supply.
Apr 2, 2014
I think Republicans and Democrats need to recognize that Medicare and Medicaid have been part of the problem, not just part of the solution.
Apr 2, 2014
I have called or authorized every one of those many hearings they alluded to, and I am proud we did it.
Apr 2, 2014
I am very proud that congressional Democrats have held more than 400 events in their districts at home in an effort to educate constituencies on the ACA.
Apr 2, 2014
The Affordable Health Care Act is well-intended, I believe, but it has had many flaws.
Apr 2, 2014
Some of my colleagues have also run misleading and oftentimes outright false advertisements designed to frighten their constituents from signing up on the exchanges.
Apr 2, 2014
It saddens me to say that in 25 hearings none of these things actually happened, and I am afraid that today isn't going to be any different.
Apr 2, 2014
It is unconscionable to me. It is time to quit playing politics, as Ranking Member Cummings has pointed out, with people's lives, with people's health.
Apr 2, 2014
Even more disappointing I want to say is Governor Corbett's decision not immediately to expand Medicaid for the more than 520,000 Pennsylvanians who could be covered.
Apr 2, 2014
The timing of that announcement, to me, certainly raised questions as to how the Koch brothers influenced that decision in the first place.
Apr 2, 2014
Unfortunately, I come from a State that did not start its own exchange, Pennsylvania, which I think the failure to do that in Pennsylvania was an abdication of the responsibility of Governor Corbett on behalf of Pennsylvania's citizens.
Apr 2, 2014
Our Nation's history is littered with dark periods in which it was not living up to the duty it took on toward tribes.
Apr 2, 2014
The only way such an outrageous breach of fiduciary duty could occur... is for there to be an institutionalized culture that does not understand and take seriously this reality.
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