Pete Stark: “Oh, no, it is a question that I hope the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw) will answer to the seniors in Florida, and…”

“Oh, no, it is a question that I hope the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Shaw) will answer to the seniors in Florida, and that the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Hayworth) will answer to the seniors in Arizona, and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English) will answer to the seniors in Pennsylvania, and that the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Weller) will answer to the seniors in Illinois, because they have denied their own constituents the chance to buy these prescription drugs which they so vitally need at no cost to the Federal Government. What kind of assistance is that to your constituents, I ask the gentleman rhetorically? And the answer is they do not want any prescription drug benefit. They do not want to save Medicare as we know it. I think that should be pointed out in this debate today.”