Republican or Democrat? You decide....(just makes me SICK)

Fuck me freddy, with friends like this....

ALTMIRE PUSHES TO PROHIBIT BENEFITS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
CHAMP Act does not provide access to Medicaid or SCHIP for illegal aliens

(Washington, DC) — Congressman Jason Altmire (PA-4) worked to ensure that yesterday’s Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act will not provide access to Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for any illegal immigrants. Congressman Altmire pushed for specific language in the bill to prohibit illegal immigrants’ access to these benefits by signing on to a July 31 letter to House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell.

“I am pleased that the CHAMP Act is very clear in stating that no federal funds will be used to pay for Medicare and SCHIP benefits for individuals who are in this country illegally,” said Rep. Altmire. “Congress should not reward illegal immigrants who have shown callous disregard for the laws of our country by allowing them to access American taxpayer-funded health care.”

More:
http://altmire.house.gov/list/press/pa04_altmire/CHAMPimmigrants.shtml


March 23, 2007

ALTMIRE STATEMENT ON IRAQ WAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL

(Washington, DC)—Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-4) issued the following statement regarding today’s vote on H.R. 1591, the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health and Iraq Accountability Act:

“Voting for this supplemental bill ensures that our troops will receive their necessary funding. A vote against this bill is a vote against supplying our troops with the funding and resources they need while they are in the field of battle and serving in harm’s way. This bill provides more funds for equipment and training than was requested by the President and fully funds the increase in military personnel sought by the Administration.

The House supplemental bill will also increase funding for military and veterans’ health care by $3.4 billion above the President’s request. I believe no one should stand ahead of our servicemen and women and our veterans when federal funding is debated. The VA health care system has been chronically under-funded in recent years, and this bill takes a giant step in ensuring that every military veteran has access to the high quality health care that they have been promised. This increased funding will help reduce the backlog at VA health care facilities nationwide and will prevent situations like those at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The House supplemental funding bill, for the first time, outlines a clear and decisive strategy for success in Iraq. By laying out key security, political and economic benchmarks, we make clear to the Iraqis that the United States will assist in the training functions necessary to enable the Iraqi government to protect Iraq, but that the long-term responsibility of these functions belongs to the Iraqi government.”

http://altmire.house.gov/list/press/pa04_altmire/warsupplemental.shtml

His homepage:
http://altmire.house.gov/index.shtml


And more:
Pennsylvania's Fourth District: Jason Altmire (D)

The Almanac of American Politics


After graduating from Florida State University, Altmire spent six years as a legislative aide to then-Rep. Pete Peterson, D-Fla. Following a short stint with the Federation of American Hospitals, he returned home to western Pennsylvania in 1998 for a job with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, eventually becoming vice president for government relations, before quitting in August 2005 to run for Congress.


In the May 16 Democratic primary, Altmire trailed businesswoman Georgia Berner in fundraising, a prelude to the financial gap he would face against Hart in the general election campaign. Although Berner raised more money, thanks in large part to a $200,000 personal loan she made to her campaign, support from key labor groups carried Altmire to victory in the primary.


When he fell well behind his fundraising goal of $1 million, Altmire, a moderate, turned to two liberal lightning rods to help fill his coffers. In July, the challenger went door-to-door with Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. In October, comedian and author Al Franken was the featured guest at an Altmire fundraiser.

http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/profiles/pa04_altmire.htm

or did they just get snookered by an opportunist?

Much like we do ourselves :)

gotta stick with the D, that way when we get the majority, we call the shots.


:puke:

What's wrong with Altmire's stance on that issue?

and the cognitive dissonance is making my brain rattle around in my head.

I find that a lot here. The avatars/sig lines not correlating at all with the users' views. :crazy:

Brentspeak is one of the..."I am not a bigot but get those god damned Meskins out of MY country RIGHT now. Drown them; shoot them; do whatever but I'm not living next to a god damned taco eater and I am not a bigot. Some people always have to throw in THAT word 'bigot' when I am clearly not one. I just don't like Meskins, not that I've ever met one. ...but those Meskins will steal my job and my more attractive daughters and I just hate them but I'm not a bigot."

...and such a large percentage of them are tiny children. It is stunning, some who call themselves "liberal".

Lee

No matter what country you are in.

I remember Michael Moore and the whole trip to Cuba thing. Did Cuba care where people came from?

My daughter is, as I write this, playing with three illegal immigrants (I live in Southern California in a mostly Latino hood). Three little girls about her age (6) - if one of them gets hurt or falls ill, I could care less how they were here - I would want them to be able to get the care they needed.

Same with my neighbor Mario - he is a good guy but not here legally, if he is working on a car to provide food for his family and gets hurt, I want him - as a fellow human - to be able to get the care he needs.

I don't want to deny a fellow human care because of money.

Do I think we have problems to address as far as illegal immigrants? Yes.

Do I think we should deny someone care for injuries and sickness based on their status? No.

Two separate issues IMHO.

It would be monstrous, for example, to deny medical care to a sick child of illegal immigrants. The issue would then become: how to prevent people from getting into the country illegally? Because we do not have the resources to provide public medical care for even our own, legal, citizens.

For example, helping to make countries where illegals come from a better place to give them less reasons to come here (which requires an investment, short term could hurt us financially, but long term benefits would do us well).

We cannot, and never will be able to, stop people from coming here illegally. We can stem the tide, but our money is wrapped up elsewhere - and then there is this: We let some people from other countries come here (cuba, old russia, etc) en masse due to the political strife and such but are not as open when it comes to our southern neighbors. I can remember being being stoked when folks defected to the US from Russia (being a chess player I remember well the days of the cold war and people defecting here). We WANTED to save people from a hellish place and welcomed them with open arms (moscow on the hudson anyone?).

What is different now is the belief that people are coming here to our detriment, and not our benefit.

Why is that? Is it because people from other super powers are deemed better for our society?

To me, those flooding here have a goal similar to my own - opportunity to make something more of one's life and help family, freedom, and a chance to have a better life versus where they are now.

Mexicans are out largest group coming here illegally, so while it is fair to address this issue in that respect we have to ask ourselves, "Are they a threat to our freedoms?". I don't think that they are, I see them as a group who comes here because we have freedoms and opportunity and they don't want to detract from that but enjoy it - and add to it.

Are there issues within all that we need to address? Sure there are - but far be it from me to bitch about someone crossing the border to make a better life for themselves and their family.

Someday, all this will be a mute point. Our countries will blend together as one, from Canada to South America - and people will embrace freedom.

It's just not a priority here.
Lee

Simple but true.

People here illegally will just clog the system and cause citizens not to get the benefits they need, besides that, non-citizens aren't entitled to the benefits.