Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami/Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House passed H.R. 3962 by a vote of 415 to 1. This legislation retroactively reverses the 21 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors, scheduled for June 1, and boosts physician payments, effective June 1, by 2.2 percent through November 30. The Senate passed the bill last week and it now goes to President Obama for his signature into law:
"Congress has repeatedly voted to create jobs, strengthen small businesses, and invest in our middle class, and to ensure that our seniors and military families receive the care they deserve from their doctors. But at every turn, Senate Republicans have said no to jobs and have sided with Wall Street over Main Street.
"Just today, Senate Republicans voted against a proposal to close tax loopholes that send American jobs overseas, help small businesses grow and provide assistance to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. It is clear that Senate Republicans have no intention of passing any jobs legislation, whether it is tied to physician payments or not.
"Democrats will continue to protect the bedrock promise that is Medicare and we will keep demanding from Senate Republicans: show us the jobs."