House Proceeding 09-24-09 on Sep 24th, 2009 :: 0:21:35 to 0:23:25
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Ginny Brown-Waite: yield to mr. herger of california. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california will control the time. the gentleman from california. mr. herger: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlelady, ms. brown-waite. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Ginny Brown-Waite

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Ginny Brown-Waite: gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. brown-waite: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in reluctant support of this bill because i do believe it's a promise that we must keep to our seniors. it's not fair for our seniors to shoulder the burden of this congress because the policies passed by e democrat majority. however, wouldn't it have been a whole lot better to pay for

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Ginny Brown-Waite: it from the unused stimulus money? this savings to seniors will be especially critically important to medicare recipients. c.b.o. director just announced yesterday that seniors can expect to see a reduction in their medicare benefits if h.r. 3200 is passed. .

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Ginny Brown-Waite: that will mean our senior citizens will asked to be pay even more for their out-of-pocket medical costs. this is not a change they can afford. the president and majority in this house and the senate owe our seniors an honest explanation. aarp also owes an explanation to its members for misleading them about the medicare cuts

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Ginny Brown-Waite: contained in h.r. 3200. according to the c.b.o. director, 2.7 million seniors would lose their current medicare advantage plans under the policies of the house health care bill. when i say the president was plat wrong about cuts to medicare benefits, this is exactly what i meant. i am,owever, pleased that this

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Ginny Brown-Waite: bill does work to protect some of our seniors from future financial hardships. but the correct approach would be to scrap h.r. 3200, fix medicare first, and pursue a