Political Quotes

“I think that what we see here is a pattern that is developing with the majority party, and when they don't want to talk about something, they don't want to debate it on the floor, they want to maybe cover a few things into the bill, then we have it on suspension calendar. I find that very unfortunate. I will say this. With H.R. 6331, 89 percent of our seniors in Tennessee that are enrolled in Medicare Advantage would be adversely impacted by this bill. This is something, this bill, H.R. 6331, would leave a lot of our elderly patients and doctors in peril, while the leadership in this body is playing politics with Medicare. We have heard about the 10 percent cut on July 1. We have heard about procrastinating and leaving this until the 11th hour rather than taking significant action. Mr. Speaker, I think that we have to look at what is happening to Medicare. I am deeply concerned about this issue and how it impacts our seniors. We know that the Medicare trust fund is likely to go bankrupt in 2019. These aren't my figures, these are the Congressional Budget Office figures.”