text: Through adding another year of sequestration, this legislation takes from folks who rely on Medicare and other mandatory programs, and from readiness accounts that prepare and train our troops. This is unacceptable. These are challenging issues that we need to address, but Congress keeps refusing to make difficult choices demanded of us. We are simply robbing one group of deserving people ÛÒ Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security recipients ÛÒ to pay for helping another group of deserving people, our military retirees. This is just a shell game, and it is irresponsible.    Read my full statement on today's vote here.  