Start on an issue that all of us i think are coming together on, no matter what party were in, and thats whats been happening to our military families. On sunday, as noted by the senator from kansas a few moments ago, Sergeant Patrick hawkins from carlisle, pennsylvania, was killed in action in afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an i. E. D. He was moving to the aid of a wounded range whefers killed. Due to the shutdown, Sergeant Hawkins family cannot receive the death benefit freu providedo soldiers to cover the funeral and burial expenses. Today im joining theest of a number of im joining the effort after number of senators in a letter to senator hagel to provide the death benefit to the family of Sergeant Hawkins and other families. I no he that the president is working on this issue, is working with the office of mangtsd and budget in the Defense Department on a solution to this problem. Mr. President , ill move to the question of where we are now. This is a shutdown brough
Lost our Insurance Plan, thanks to obamacare. Unquote. I could add to that that she has lost her Insurance Plan and thousands of others, tens of thousands of others across of United States have because of the votes of the majority and the president. A nebraskan from hastings shared that her Medicare Advantage plan was discontinued and her new Medicare Advantage plan option was get this 357 more expensive. Is that fair treatment to that Senior Citizen . You see, when obamacare was passed, we tried to get amendments done that if there was any savings in compare, it would go back to medicare to protect the system. Shows were voted down by the majority. So what we ended up with is a situation where those funds were pulled out of medicare and used to finance obamacare. For millions of americans and about 35,000 nebraskans who rely upon Medicare Advantage, this law has not delivered on its promises. As ive said over and over again since this debate began, i am committed to ensuring that medi