Shelley Capito said "I think you can appreciate in this budget environment that for us to have what we think is a good idea that would actually be better treatment, better results for the child, the family, and everything else, and possibly be able to save Medicaid dollars at the same time, the frustration--because any time you try to tag something on as an amendment, then the price tag then on your good idea goes out the window because of the budget environment that we are in." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 7, 2016

I think you can appreciate in this budget environment that for us to have what we think is a good idea that would actually be better treatment, better results for the child, the family, and everything else, and possibly be able to save Medicaid dollars at the same time, the frustration--because any time you try to tag something on as an amendment, then the price tag then on your good idea goes out the window because of the budget environment that we are in.

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Shelley Capito

Republican · West Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing challenges of proposing amendments in a tight budget environment.

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