12/12/2012
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"Today the committee moves forward with its work in regular order to examine extending and improving the Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans."
"I would like to thank Representative Dingell for working with me on two of the bills that we will be considering today, H.R. 3120 and H.R. 3263."
"That is not how we make decisions in something so important. Because Medicare is just simply too important for our seniors, who already struggle to make ends meet, to be subjected to cuts in this way."
"The Independent Payment Advisory Board was not supported by a single Republican in the 109th Congress."