Christopher Shays: “I remember being the chairman of the task force, on the Committee on the Budget, on Medicare and Medicaid, and I…”

“I remember being the chairman of the task force, on the Committee on the Budget, on Medicare and Medicaid, and I remember the fact that the gentleman was not going to vote for the plan unless we realized that urban areas were treated in a much more beneficial way than a number of your communities. I remember you having a dialog with me, and more particularly the Speaker, and convincing him to put more money into the rural areas so they would in fact get more.”