House Proceeding 03-16-10 on Mar 16th, 2010 :: 2:50:30 to 2:53:25
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2:50:29 to 2:50:52( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: rendition of this complicated process. mr. gohmert: clearly, the majority leadership thinks that the american people are so stupid that if you have a rule that says, you know what? if y vote for the rule, then the bill automatically is deemed

2:50:30 to 2:53:25( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Louie Gohmert

2:50:53 to 2:51:13( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: passed, i just don't know anyone in the american public that can't figure out, if you voted for the rule, i don't care what you say, you voted for the bil. as far as it constitutional muster, who knows with this court. both of you have been talking

2:51:14 to 2:51:35( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: about the deals and medicare advantage. you know -- and i've got the senate bill here, this lovely thing and the truth is, the only people that ought to pass this bill are people that eat it,

2:51:36 to 2:51:56( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: digestive humor there. otherwise this bill should not be passed. if you look at page 904 of part one of two parts of the senate health care bill and you wonder, gee, i wonder why aarp came out a couple of weeks ago and said, yes, we like the proposal and we

2:51:57 to 2:52:18( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: are on board and ifyou lok at the senate bill, it says that nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the secretary to acept any or every bid submitted by medicare advantage organization. and also, the secretary may deny

2:52:19 to 2:52:39( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: a bid smithed by -- submitted by a medicare advantage organization for a medicare advantage plan if it proposes significant increases. but the bottom line is, the secretary doesn't have to acept the bid. and what is the consequence of saying we aren't going to alow any more medicare advantage

2:52:40 to 2:53:00( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: bids. we are just going to cut that out. do you know war organization is in the business of selling a kind of suplemental insurance. mr. shadegg: wait. could it be aarp? mr. gohmert: maybe they do sel

2:53:01 to 2:53:22( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: supplemental mediinsurance. mr. shadegg: better deal out of this? mr. gohmert: 04 is one of several reasons that arp said, we could get millions and millions of new insurance ales but did youee the pharmaceutical industry said they like this bill.

2:53:23 to 2:53:25( Edit History Discussion )

Louie Gohmert: and i read a headline that the pharmaceutical industry was