Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the amendment and in defense of our Nation's seniors, who are really under attack. Why is that? Because the current Republican budget proposal passed by this House and up for Senate consideration pulls the rug out from underneath our seniors. It ends Medicare by making huge cuts in benefits and by putting insurance companies in charge of our seniors' health care, letting insurers decide what treatment and what tests our seniors will receive. Under the Republican plan, Medicare will end. It will not only impact our seniors; it will impact the family members of our seniors, who will now have those responsibilities. It will reopen the doughnut hole, making it more expensive for our seniors to get their prescriptions, the prescriptions they need to keep them healthy; and under their plan, they will slash support for seniors in nursing homes while continuing to give subsidies in the billions of dollars to big oil companies. And what else? More than 170,000 Rhode Islanders, which is my home State, rely on Medicare; and they will literally be paying to give additional tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans in our country. To make matters worse, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined that this budget actually adds $8 trillion to the national debt over the next decade because its cuts in spending are outpaced by the gigantic tax cuts for the richest Americans. Our seniors cannot afford this Republican budget.…”