On the recordJune 29, 2017
As we go home to commemorate the birth of this Nation, to wish all well, we would hope we would be able to go home by feeling comfortable that the administration was taking care of the American people. We have come to find out that the EPA is reversing a decision of the Obama administration to allow a pesticide by the name of--trade name Lorsban, that is chlorophyll-based, to be utilized on fruits and vegetables. I understand the needs of farmers, but there are documented studies that indicate that it may have a significant impact on the brain function of little children as young as 7 years old. Where is the care of the Nation by this administration? And then, they are planning a healthcare bill that will see this young lady lose her healthcare. In my district, 89,000 people will lose their insurance when they cut $854 billion out of Medicaid; 16,000 will be children. Where will the hospitals survive if they are closed in rural and urban America, and where will the seniors be when their nursing home puts them out because the Medicaid that has been for working seniors but now retired in nursing homes who rely on Medicaid? The TrumpCare bill in the Senate is a devastating bill. We need to have an administration that takes care of the American people. ____________________
