This is a negotiation. And what you are doing is prejudging the negotiation. That is what a motion to instruct does. This motion to instruct is across so many categories that it will do damage to our ability to get the right answer in all of the policy areas that we have responsibility for.
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I do not consider the AARP a special interest group, or the Coalition to Ensure Patient Access a special interest group, or the Alzheimer's Association a special interest group, or the Kidney Cancer Association a special interest group.
I also want to say both to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) and also to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) that you have brought forward for this body a very fine, balanced bill in a difficult era. The money that you have put into…
We certainly are willing to accept the gentleman's amendment. It is a very thoughtful and important one.
The gentlewoman from Oregon should know that with this prescription drug insurance plan Medicare recipients in Oregon who are covered will go from 60 percent up to 96.6 percent. This bill brings a benefit to Oregon.
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