House Proceeding 10-27-09 on Oct 27th, 2009 :: 2:28:20 to 2:29:50
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Trent Franks: improve the situation but will be very costly to the american people. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. franks: mr. speaker, it is so inic that this congress is debating t the uninsured while democrats are planning to cut the existing

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Speech By: Trent Franks

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Trent Franks: coverage of those who need it most, our senior citizens. nearly 70,000 of those senior citizens will be affected and live in my directs, mr. speaker. those senior citizens will express their experience drastic changes to their medicare coverage as a result of the $500 million medicare advantage cut imposed by the democrats' bill, 3200.

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Trent Franks: democrats may silence all of our republican bills, but they are wrong if they believe republicans will keep silence and allow senior citizens in america who have already spent the majority of their lives contributing to this nation to be forced to give up the health care coverage they so vitally need in order to pay for a socialist government takeover of health care which has failed in every state and every country

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Trent Franks: that has ever been unwise enough to allow it to happen. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> right now while the democrats who are running congress are meeting behind closed doors to

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Trent Franks: rewrite government take over of health care, the american people are being asked why are they being left out? senior citizens know they are being left out because they are