Bob Beauprez

I am certainly comfortable with this bill. The gentleman said it earlier. It may not be perfect; only history will determine whether or not it is perfect. But I certainly think it is good enough. I think we have made huge strides in the…

The question of prescription drugs, if I can return to it, the question exists of choice and whether it is voluntary or not voluntary. I will cite my parents again. They, obviously, do not have prescription drug coverage in Medicare now…

I think that the doctor says it very well. This addresses a good conservative principle. We as the Federal Government are willing to forego some tax revenue from individuals, but believing in individuals to manage their own funds and then…

Not only does it make fiscal sense, as we have an obligation in this body to exercise, spending the taxpayers' money wisely, but we are providing better quality of life and better health care to our seniors, especially in this case, by…

I would like to pursue one more issue regarding reimbursement rates and that is in regard to our hospitals, and even more specifically rural hospitals because it has become apparent to me that we do have a significant issue with the tens…

Well, the gentleman has already acknowledged, Mr. Speaker, that I have been a community banker, and as a community banker, I, of course, see financial statements from various people, some of them doctors. And I know full well that while it…

I am proud that the gentleman is a Member of my class. I am proud he is a Member of this 108th Congress with me. And I am also proud that, as I take a little bit of pride in myself, in coming to this Chamber the gentleman has some…

I love this Nation, and I love the ideals of this Nation, and I love what this Nation is willing to protect.

It gets better. On the Supreme Court of the United States, two recent Supreme Court Justices, names that are certainly familiar to me, I expect familiar to most Americans, Byron White, Wizard White from my State, Colorado. Byron White was…