Anna Eshoo

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Harman]. (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. Collins].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the very distinguished gentleman from Florida [Mr. Gibbons].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Vermont [Mr. Sanders].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 20 seconds to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Klink].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Markey].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 10 seconds to the gentlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. Collins].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pallone].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Arkansas [Mrs. Lincoln]. (Mrs. LINCOLN asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Rush].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Oregon [Ms. Furse].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Rush].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 10 seconds to the gentlewoman from Oregon [Ms. Furse].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. Collins]. (Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Brown].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Rush].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Wyden]. (Mr. WYDEN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to myself to point out to the gentleman from Ohio, who just spoke about the bill, that Ohio will lose $4.1 billion in health care for the elderly and the disabled. Most of this is in nursing home care which will have to be paid for by their hard-working middle-class families. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California [Mr. Waxman]. (Mr. WAXMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Dingell].

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Klink]. (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this Gingrich budget. There are many reasons to oppose it, but I want to highlight two: how it treats our Nation's elderly and our Nation's children. On both counts, this legislation fails miserably to live up to our Nation's historic commitment to those in the autumn of their lives and those in the spring of their lives. There is nothing in this bill to prevent nursing homes from using physical restraints on seniors without a doctor's order, nothing to prevent nursing homes from evicting the elderly for financial reasons, nothing to prevent abuses which existed in many States prior to critical Federal intervention. As a member of the Committee on Commerce, I was proud to offer an amendment which would have continued the guarantee of health coverage for our children. That failed. As a result of these Medicaid cuts and other Gingrich proposals, our children will receive less health care, less preschool education, and less money to live on. This Gingrich budget fails the test of decency for our children, for our elderly, and it deserves to be defeated. It does not honor our fathers and our mothers, and it totally dishonors our Nation's children. Mr. Chairman, I yield 20 seconds to the gentlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. Collins]. (Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes. (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Ms. ESHOO

Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the chairman for his understanding. I am very grateful for his thoughtful response. I would also like to acknowledge the gentleman's staff that has worked with us on this. I look forward to working with the gentleman in making certain that the plan for the Tasman West extension is financially sound, that it is accountable, that it is responsible and that it continues to enjoy the important broad-based support it has had in the past. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Lofgren] who would like to make some comments on this.