Paul Ryan: “let us talk about the fact that that same CBO report did say that child support payments will increase, yes, increase.…”

“let us talk about the fact that that same CBO report did say that child support payments will increase, yes, increase. Mr. Speaker, what are we doing with child support payments? What we are simply saying is that we have a Federal Government match. What the Federal Government match is spending on child support with State governments is 50 percent for food stamps, for Medicaid, that is what we are proposing here. When we passed welfare reform, we increased the match for child support to 66 percent. What happened: child support collections went way up; welfare case loads way down. Yet we still have a higher match than normal even though our case loads are way down. What we are simply trying to do is reform government to save money and still meet the needs of the people. What about Medicare. This motion to instruct says let us gut the Medicare Advantage Program. What is the Medicare Advantage Program? Do you ever hear that line when you do a town hall meeting with senior citizens that say we on Medicare ought to get the same health care you in Congress get? That is the Medicare Advantage Program. We are simply saying to seniors, if you want to have comprehensive health insurance like we have in Congress, like other Federal employees have, you should get that. What does this motion to instruct do? It compromises that entire program. Mr. Speaker, what about all these issues?…”