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Ms. Stabenow mr. President i would ask suspension of the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Stabenow thank you mr. President. Thank you. Mr. President , i think the American People deserve to see the contrast between how nominees were treated last decade during the Bush Administration versus how they are treated this decade during the obama administration. When former president bush nominated John Ashcroft to be attorney general. It was controversial. I was one of 42 democrats who opposed the nomination. And yet it only took 42 days for John Ashcroft to get a vote on con...

65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we have fewer young people coming in and we have fewer people that are paying payroll taxes to essentially...

65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we have fewer young people coming in and we have fewer people that are paying payroll taxes to essentially...

These are the goals that the secretary announced. Really focus on the dark circle on the page. The dark circle is the percentage of medicare fee for Service Payments in the alternative payment models. In 2011, they were zero. No medicare payments in the model. In 2014, at the end of 2014, about 20 of the 362 billion of the medicare feeforService Payments, excluding Medicare Advantage. But the numbers are similar. 20 were alternative payment models. The goal is by the end of 2016 30 of the feeforService Payments will be in the new alternative payment models that work and 50 by the end of 2018. ...

House that is doing all that we can to ensure that our veterans get timely care and the best care that we can provide them. This is cynical and its shameful and i believe, i believe that the American People can see straight through it. So i hope again, madam chair, that the president will reconsider this position. Because there is no place, no place here in this bill for political gamesmanship when it comes to our military families and our veterans. Thank you. I yield back. The chair the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. The gentleman from georgia is recognized. At this time i yield three ...