'Activate our seniors': Lawmaker says Medicare cuts could be roped into GOP bill
Democrats need to shine a light on potential harm caused by Donald Trump's mega spending bill, a Democratic lawmaker said on Saturday.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) appeared on MSNBC over the weekend, where he warned all U.S. citizens about "devastating" impacts on the horizon due to the Republican spending priorities.
Krishnamoorthi said it's important to note, "There's also potentially cuts to Medicare that are about to happen."
This, according to the congressman, is because "of something called sequestration."
"The Congressional Budget Office has indicated that because the deficits and debt is going above a certain threshold, there may be automatic cuts to Medicare," he warned. "So we have to activate our seniors as well on this particular topic."
He added, "It will be malpractice if we don't."
"It's incumbent on us to shine a light on this harm," he said