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hubert humphrey start to give a briefing, and lyndon baines johnson was commander-in-chief. and he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question. and hubert would just about every to answer, and stop and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that's pretty much the way it was. >> yes, indeed. it was a powerful figure. >> and johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the war, and you piped up and said like bombing homes? >> he was -- you know, as a congressman listening to him, i was probably more critical than it would've been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions by members of congress. so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit. but he, he was going to appear at what he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in tranninety and he would go through a heavy bombing period and then it would be a bombing pause and he would hope that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese. or the vietcong. and it didn't. and he in explaining what he was doing was asked a quest

so in 1964 lyndon baines johnson and the democrats in this house and the senate passed medicare. one of the foundations of support for the senior population in this nation. and yet in the republican budget that will be on this floor later this week is the repeal of medicare, the termination of it, and so i suppose this is the new way we ought to look at this issue. it's a tome stone. what had said, medicare, 1964-2011 created by l.b.j., destroyed by the g.o.p. unbelievable. fortunately today when president obama spoke to the nation he addressed this issue and i'll paraphrase what he said. he says -- i guess say it as a street fighter from california. no way, no how in his presidency medicare be terminated. are you listening, my friends on the republican side? the president said no, we're not going down the path of terminating medicare. and i know that my caucus, the democratic caucus, will stand there with the president, we will find any attempt anytime, anyplace, anywhere that you or anybody else will put before this house a proposal to terminate medicare. we will not allow it.

hubert humphrey starts to give the briefing and lyndon baines johnson was commander in chief. he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question and hubert would just about be ready to answer and stop and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that is pretty much the weight usually was dhume. >> yes, indeed. he was a powerful figure. >> and johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the war and you piped up and said like --. >> as a congressman, listening to him i was probably more critical than i would have been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions by members of congress so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit but, he was going through a period where he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in vietnam and he would go through a heavy bombing period and then there would be a bombing pause and he would hope that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese or the viet cong and it didn't. and, he and explaining what he was doing was asked a question by a democrati

congress passed, lyndon baines johnson signed medicare. one of the principal drivers of that was, we had a poverty rate for seniors at twice the poverty rates they are today because of medical costs. nobody can save enough money to provide for medical care. if you can't buy insurance, which most seniors can't and couldn't and you get sick, you're bankrupt. you lose everything. the principal thing that drove seniors into poverty and bankruptcy in those days was medical costs. medicare was establish. now the greatest legacy proposed here by mr. ryan, the chair of the budget committee, is to end medicare. and he's doing this under the guise of the path to prosperity. the question would be, whose prosperity? not the seniors, perhaps the insurance industry. i'd be happy to yield time back to the gentleman. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. defazio. i heard you toss out two numbers. one number was the amount of medical -- the percentage of the cost of medical care that seniors now pay. did you say 28%? mr. defazio: about 25% on average of all their

hubert humphrey starts to give the briefing and lyndon baines johnson was commander in chief. he was bigger than life. he would pop up every time someone would say something and answer the question and hubert would just about be ready to answer and stop and lyndon johnson would take over. >> that is pretty much the weight usually was dhume. >> yes, indeed. he was a powerful figure. >> and johnson was talking about the things he was doing to win the war and you piped up and said like --. >> as a congressman, listening to him i was probably more critical than i would have been as a member of the executive branch being asked questions by members of congress so where you stand kind of depends on where you sit but, he was going through a period where he was trying to figure out what to do in the war in vietnam and he would go through a heavy bombing period and then there would be a bombing pause and he would hope that would cause a positive reaction from the north vietnamese or the viet cong and it didn't. and, he and explaining what he was doing was asked a question by a democrati