David Cicilline: “If the gentleman will yield, I think what is just shocking is that that claim was made today, and really what is un…”

“If the gentleman will yield, I think what is just shocking is that that claim was made today, and really what is un- American is to end Medicare. The reality is Medicare reflects our values as a country. We decided as a Nation that we wanted to ensure that our seniors in their final years, that they have lived a life and played by the rules, done what is right, that they can live with security and dignity and without the fear, the anxiety of worrying how they would have access to basic health care, because we decided as a country that we wanted to ensure, to guarantee that our seniors could live with dignity and with proper health care. The idea of ending that and requiring them to go buy it with a voucher, that is un-American.”