| Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 14, 2012 |
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John Barrasso, R-WY
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"I would tell my colleague and friend from Texas, who is a wonderful student of this as well, this health care law is bad for patients, it is bad for providers—the doctors and nurses who take care of those patients—and it is terrible for taxpayers, who are going do get stuck footing the bill. So it is not a surprise this administration doesn’t want to come to the Senate, is embarrassed to come to the Senate with a budget, because they know the American people would be so offended by the irresponsibility and the nature of such a budget."
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| Supreme Court Review |
May 14, 2012 |
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Patrick Leahy, D-VT
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"Madam President, I was fortunate to be able to attend the argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the provision in the affordable care act providing that individuals should take personal responsibility for paying for their health care by obtaining health insurance or pay a fine. I have watched a lot of arguments in the Supreme Court. Obviously, as the chairman of the Judiciary Committee I pay close attention—as do all Members—to what goes on there. I heard a great deal of instant analysis from commentators after the argument, including their predictions on how the Court will rule. I didn’t hear much devoted to the role of the Chief Justice of the United States."
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| Pharmacy Competition And Consumer Choice Act |
May 10, 2012 |
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Roger Wicker, R-MS
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"Mr. President, I rise in support of the Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act, S. 1058. In light of the Federal Trade Commission’s recent decision to allow the merger of two Pharmacy Benefit Managers, creating the largest PBM in our nation, I call on my colleagues to join me in supporting this vital piece of legislation. The Pharmacy Competition and Consumer Choice Act, if enacted, would help protect patients and providers from soaring health-care costs and potentially anticompetitive conduct by PBMs, who are the middlemen in the prescription drug industry."
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| Honoring Community Health Center, Inc. As They Celebrate Their 40Th Anniversary |
May 10, 2012 |
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Rosa DeLauro, D-CT
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"Health care is a right, not a privilege. It is a simple motto and the fundamental basis of the establishment of Community Health Center, Inc. Forty years ago, a group of students from Wesleyan University joined with community activists in Middletown—drawn together through a shared vision for affordable, accessible and responsive health care—to create a free clinic to meet the needs of the community. Fueled by idealism and a deep belief that patients should be the cornerstone of whatever was created, the Community Health Center, Inc. was born."
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| Mothers’ Day |
May 10, 2012 |
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Laura Richardson, D-CA
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"The proposed Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it would distribute vouchers for beneficiaries to purchase health insurance. Under the plan, the voucher would not grow as fast as health care costs, shifting the burden of the costs onto seniors. It would repeal the free preventive services benefit in Medicare, increasing seniors’ out-of-pocket costs for preventive care by over $110 million in 2012 alone."
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