Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank our distinguished chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, whenever you hear the words of Speaker Pelosi, you know…”

“I thank our distinguished chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, whenever you hear the words of Speaker Pelosi, you know that the gentlewoman is leading us on the fight to protect our seniors. I am glad to cosponsor this legislation to be a strong supporter of being on the front seat of protecting our seniors. Whenever you hear us being demagogued from those on the other side using demagoguery, you can be assured that when they pass a tax bill, it was not having seniors as their priority. But when you hear the word ``Medicare,'' you know that Democrats are standing strong to make sure that not one dime is taken away from our seniors with Medicare. My open letter to my seniors in my district--open message to my seniors is: We will die on the vine to protect your Medicare. That is what we are doing today on the floor of the House. Not one dime will come out of your Medicare. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support H.R. 1868, which excludes the budgetary effects of the American Rescue Plan of 2021 from scorecards established by the Pay-As-You-Go, or PAYGO Act of 2010, preventing across-the-board cuts to numerous direct-spending programs. That is what we are doing here today. We are taking our seniors seriously. I say to seniors: Have no fear with all of this demagoguery because we are going to make sure that not one dime comes out of your pocket.…”