John Tanner said "I support H.R. 5063 with regard to unemployment extension and the TANF measures, and I agree that we need to address the problem facing our Nation's physicians. But there are other health care providers who are in just as dire straits, hospitals, home health, nursing homes and others. We have in Tennessee, particularly in the rural areas now, hospitals operating in the red, laying off nurses; we have elderly citizens that cannot get home health care services. What we are trying to do when asking for Members to vote against the previous question is to allow us to bring up a bill, H.R. 5729, that includes the package of provider reimbursements or provider help that the Republicans passed in H.R. 4954 earlier this year and is within the budget. This seems to me to be imminently reasonable and fair to all of the providers across the board. It recognizes that we have a serious problem in the country." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 14, 2002

I support H.R. 5063 with regard to unemployment extension and the TANF measures, and I agree that we need to address the problem facing our Nation's physicians. But there are other health care providers who are in just as dire straits, hospitals, home health, nursing homes and others. We have in Tennessee, particularly in the rural areas now, hospitals operating in the red, laying off nurses; we have elderly citizens that cannot get home health care services. What we are trying to do when asking for Members to vote against the previous question is to allow us to bring up a bill, H.R. 5729, that includes the package of provider reimbursements or provider help that the Republicans passed in H.R. 4954 earlier this year and is within the budget. This seems to me to be imminently reasonable and fair to all of the providers across the board. It recognizes that we have a serious problem in the country.

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John Tanner

Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for health care provider support and unemployment extension in relation to H.R. 5063.

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