Patrick Kennedy: “it seems as though in the heat of the campaign season, some people just do not like to face the truth. The Republicans…”

“it seems as though in the heat of the campaign season, some people just do not like to face the truth. The Republicans right now are running away from their record in the 104th Congress, a report where they are going after Medicare to fund tax breaks for the very rich. Just think about their budget. They ran on deficit reduction, but what did they do when they came here? They want to cut taxes $245 billion over 7 years. Better than half of that money goes to individuals and families earning over $100,000. What are they going to do to pay for this big tax cut? Well, they are going to cut $270 billion from the Medicare Program. What is that going to mean to senior citizens? It is going to mean out-of-pocket expenses that are going to grow for them. Mr. Speaker, Newt Gingrich said we are not going to kill it right away because that would not be politically popular. We are going to let it die on the vine. Now what do the Republicans want to do? They want to run away from their record of this statement. They want to say, cut off all advertising that tells the truth about what the Republicans intend to do with Medicare.”