we're fortunate tonight, congresswoman allison schwartz of pennsylvania from where i grew up, one of nine states with legislation pending, it's not her fault by the way. this is the state legislature, she's a national legislator, that would have women have to have an ultrasound before an abortion. welcome to you both. i don't know where to start. let's start in pennsylvania. there are two measures. let me go with congresswoman schwartz. try to explain to us. you're opposed to it, i assume you are. why are republicans in harrisburg, pennsylvania diddling around with this. ultrasound requirements in an age, what, 40 years after roe v. wade. isn't this another way to punish people having chosen to have an abortion? >> i can't speak to motivation of legislators who are pushing for this in harrisburg or the governor who is supporting it and really was pretty offensive when he said, look, women can just look the other way when this invasive procedure and unnecessary one at that is being done to them. it's pretty insensitive and outrageous. all you can say is they're ignoring the real conce

i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz.ember of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go belly up. what do you make of his plan? what is the democrats' response? >> look, it's really very, very clear that what the republican plan put forward by paul ryan does yet again this year as they tried to do last year is three things. well, it does many things, but i'll just mention three. it ends medicare as we know it. we'll talk more about that, i'm sure. it actually shifts the burden, the tax burden, from the wealthiest americans to middle class americans, and it increases the tax burden on the middle class. not a good thing, we believe, and it does nothing to grow the economy. so this is a very sharp contrast to the republican plan. really, as

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we will pick it up with remarks by pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz. >> because the budgetealed the health law we passed -- affordable care act -- the opportunity that has already taken place to close the doughnut hole for prescription drug coverage -- i would gradually over time close that entire gap because the budget assumes repealed. that would go away. that cost would then be shifted back to seniors. is that correct? >> the assumptions are that the savings from the affordable care act and medicare should not have gone to expansion in other entitlement programs. >> if it is the same entitlement program. >> it should not have been used to cover -- which should be devoted to the solvency of medicare and deficit reduction. the budget assumes an expansion of the affordable care act or appeal. in terms of the other assumptions and how it is implemented, that will be up to the ways and means committee. >> they could decide they are going to find money elsewhere in the budget that would actually meet the additional expansion as you say of coverage for medicare beneficiaries th

i yield four minutes to the gentlelady from pennsylvania, a member of the budget committee, allison schwartz. the chair: the gentlelady from pennsylvania is recognized for four minutes. ms. schwartz: thank you, mr. speaker. i just wanted to add a few words, some of which -- some of these kind of issues have been talked about all day or all afternoon. but i did want -- feel compelled to rise again to talk about what really is at stake here and what is truly a sharp contrast between the republican budget and the democratic budget alternatives. our budgets, as a federal budget, should reflect our priorities and values as a nation. our democratic budget moves america forward by building for the future, by investing in innovation, in education, in energy, with confidence and expectation about the opportunities that are available to us in this country. i also ensures that we keep our promises to america's seniors but protecting and strengthening medicare. the republican plan for america moves our nation backward and harms our economic competitiveness now and into the future. by choosing sustained