| The Food And Drug Administration Safety And Innovation Act—Motion To Proceed |
May 17, 2012 |
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John Barrasso, R-WY
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"Today I want to remind the body that the former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, once predicted that the health care reform “will create 4 million jobs; 400,000 jobs almost immediately.” It is now 2 years later, and we know that actually the exact opposite is happening. We continue with high unemployment. We continue with people out of work, unemployed, underemployed, and the promise both from the President of new jobs and of Nancy Pelosi of 4 million jobs is another broken promise. Instead of creating jobs, this new law is destroying jobs all across the country. You say, how is it they can actually be destroying jobs? That is exactly what we are seeing as a result of the health care law."
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| The Food And Drug Administration Safety And Innovation Act—Motion To Proceed—Continued |
May 17, 2012 |
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Al Franken, D-MN
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"Not only will people be healthier if we prevent disease but we will save a lot of money too. That is why the health care law included the Prevention and Public Health Fund. The fund already is investing in community-based programs such as the diabetes prevention program, a program that Dick Lugar and I fought to include in the health care law. This program was pilot-tested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Saint Paul, MN, and in Indianapolis. It involves structured nutrition classes for 16 weeks and 16 weeks of exercise at community-based organizations such as the YMCA, with people who have prediabetes."
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| S. Con. Res. 41, H. Con. Res. 112, S. Con. Res. 37, S. Con. Res. 42, S. Con. Res. 44 En Bloc—Motions To Proceed |
May 16, 2012 |
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Michael Crapo, R-ID
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"The President’s budget would raise taxes by $2 trillion. This is in addition to the $1.2 trillion of tax increases in the health care law which are just beginning to take effect and will continue to roll out over the next few years. Perhaps even more remarkable, the President’s budget actually increases spending by $1.2 trillion more than current law. So another $1.2 trillion in new spending, another $2 to $3 trillion in new taxes, no structural entitlement reform, and no discretionary spending reform."
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| 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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"That is the situation we find ourselves in now. As both my colleagues have said, they took $500 billion from Medicare—and not to save Medicare, not to strengthen Medicare—to start a whole new government program for someone else. That is why when I travel the State of Wyoming and I talk to seniors, they say they don’t like this health care law. It is why the health care law is even more unpopular today than it was the day it was passed."
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| Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 9, 2012 |
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John Barrasso, R-WY
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"Mr. President, I come to the floor today, as I have week after week since the health care law has been passed, with a doctor’s second opinion about the law that I have great concerns with. I do that as a doctor who practiced medicine for 25 years, took care of families in Wyoming, was involved with programs aimed at prevention of disease, early detention of disease, and early treatment of disease. I come to the floor to talk specifically about a portion of the health care law that has been discussed quite a bit in the last week or two on the Senate floor."
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