Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the importance of rural health care providers. Once again, we see President Obama standing on ideological grounds rather than actually taking the time to understand who provides medical care to seniors and how they do it. At the same time he is giving stump speeches and trying to convince us that ObamaCare is working, he is taking $422 billion out of Medicare. Now, part of these cuts come from critical access hospitals, and I am referring to the cuts that he is making to Medicare in his fiscal year 2015 budget. It is similar to what he did each of the past 2 years. He targets the critical access hospitals. In order to pay for ObamaCare, he is proposing to cut Medicare payments to the providers who are providing such an important service--our rural health care providers. These patients have an extremely difficult time with access to medical care. They are poorer and are less likely to have employer- provided insurance or prescription drug coverage. Critical access hospitals are the safety net for many Americans. They provide exceptional care. I see it in my district every day. I commend the rural providers. ____________________”