Questions Radical Congressman Pat Meehan Should Answer At PA Society

News · Dec 8, 2016

As radical Congressman Pat Meehan flirts with a bid for U.S. Senate at Pennsylvania Society in New York City this weekend he ought to finally answer tough questions about his anti-middle class agenda:

  1. Congressman Meehan has voted for a budget to end the guaranteed benefit of Medicare, what will he say to Pennsylvania seniors who would no longer have the guaranteed benefit of Medicare? Why should a Pennsylvania worker who has paid into Medicare their whole lives be denied the guaranteed benefit when they retire?

  1. Congressman Meehan has voted for a budget that cuts funding for nursing home care to 250,000 Pennsylvania seniors.Why is Pat Meehan making it harder for middle class families to ensure their loved ones get the care they need during their older years?

  1. Congressman Meehan has repeatedly voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, why does he think we should go back to the days when children could be denied health care because of a pre-existing condition or a woman could be forced to pay more for health care than a man simply because of her gender?

  1. Despite voting to end the health care coverage and consumer protections in the Affordable Care Act, Radical Meehan and Congressional Republicans have never put forth a health care plan for Pennsylvania and the nation; with a repeal vote looming shouldn’t Pennsylvanians know his replacement plan before repeal happens?

  1. Congressman Pat Meehan supported fast tracking the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal which would ship Pennsylvania jobs overseas and keep middle class wages stagnate. How will he explain his push to create jobs in countries like Vietnam at the expense of jobs in Pennsylvania?

Sources

  1. Ryan’s budget would end traditional Medicare.  (National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 4/2014)

    Roll Call Vote (April 10, 2014)

  2. Ryan’s budget would raise the cost of nursing homes (Center for Medicare Advocacy, 9/2012)

    Roll Call Vote (March 21, 2013)

  3. “Republicans in Congress have attempted to repeal Obamacare more than 60 times.” (ThinkProgress, 2/2/2016)

  4. “ObamaCare’s repeal is expected to come up in the Senate the first week of 2017” (The Hill, 12/5/2016)

  5. Roll Call Vote (June 18, 2015)