bera. what a great opportunity for me tell my story when i think about medicare and what that means to me. but more importantly, what it means to this nation, what it means to the citizens in the 3rd congressional district that i represent, what it means to someone's mother, someone's grandmother, someone's spouse. medicare is something that was created and seniors have paid into it, oftentimes for a lifetime. and then they get to a point in their life when they want to be able to use something that they paid into. medicare is something that you're going to hear from people about. i agree with my colleagues that medicare is not nor should it be a democrat or a republican issue. it should be something that when you think about being able to provide health care for the same individuals who put so much money into it that they can now be able to use that. medicare save lives. medicare is part of what i think of as part of the american dream. you see, a few years ago my father was very ill, but

bera: this is just wrong. it's bad medicine. our parents and grandparents didn't work their whole lives paying into a system only to be handed a voucher that doesn't even cover the costs of needed care. if we work together, we can do better. we can lower the costs of health care. we must honor the promises that we made to them and make sure that medicare is secure and strengthens to the next generation. mr. ryan, don't pull the plug on medicare. i yield my time back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, today or tomorrow the house will vote on the supporting knowledge and i investigating in skills act. with americans out of work and millions of job openings unfilled. the skills act will modernize our development programs and re-authorize the work force investment act. as a former member who had responsibility for admin

we've heard it many times, and i'll repeat it, yogi bera famously said this. it's deja vu all over again, mr. president, and it really is, mr. president. we've seen this before, deja vu all over again. the ryan budget will shower more tax breaks on millionaires and raise taxes for the middle class. i know congressman ryan has held to be out this guru who understands things so well. what he understands is gimmickry, and that's what he's done so well. he's pulled the wool over the eyes of those people in the house, and they continue following him. but, mr. president, his budget is anything but balanced, anything but fair. and members of the house should look at what they're being led into or out of. this plan, just like last year, refuses to close a single tax loophole in order to reduce the deficit. yet it gets investments in education -- guts investments in education, waverly -- and waverly. the ryan budget would force seniors into a voucher program. it would ax preventive health care and charge seniors more for prescriptions and reduce funding for food inspec

bera: today i rise as a doctor to talk about the patients i've taken care of who suffered as victims of domestic violence. as a doctor, we don't choose to treat one patient or another patient. we choose to take care of every patient. we choose to protect all women in america. that is who we are as a nation. we choose to protect protect all women in america. i urge this body to reject the house version of this bill and pass the bipartisan senate version. that is a reflection of who we are in america and our values. as the father of a daughter, this is personal. i want my daughter to grow up in a country where we value and respect every woman regardless of background, ethnicity, creed. this is personal, and let's do the right thing. i urge this body to do the right thing today and pass the senate version of the violence against women act. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from washington is recognized. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: thank you, madam speaker. i would like to continue to reserve my time. the speaker pr

we've heard it many times, and i'll repeat it, yogi bera famously said this. it's deja vu all over again, mr. president, and it really is, mr. president. we've seen this before, deja vu all over again. the ryan budget will shower more tax breaks on millionaires and tax breaks on millionaires and >> now, i know that congressman ryan held out to be this cool, d understand, things so well, buto he understands gimmicks, and that's what he's done so well, le pull the wool over the eyes in the people of the house. they continue to follow him,used but, mr. president, his budget is anything but balanced, anything but fair, and members, the house should look what they are led into or out of. this plan, just like last year refused to close a single tax loophole to reduce the deficit.s they have education, scientific research, and job cleaning energy technology. the ryan budget ends it andwave. force seniors into a voucher foe program. it would prevent health care like cancer screenings, charge seniors more for prescription, a further reduces the funding forf food inspec