Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, just a little bit of history. Let me, first of all, say happy St. Patrick's Day. Many know that the
Irish fled in the 1800s, if my history is correct, because of the
potato famine. We welcomed them as immigrants, and as an early member
of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, I remember the
Irish sitting in our hearing room saying: Remember the Irish as relates
to immigration. We all have come from someplace to do better. This last week, I sat
in the Budget Committee listening to debate on the healthcare bill. I
stand here today to argue vigorously against the Medicaid changes: $880
billion taken away from Medicaid for low-income, hardworking Americans;
the language that was added to the bill to instruct that we should not
incentivize or that we should make sure that able-bodied men do not get
Medicaid.
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