Nancy L. Johnson: “This is a historic evening. It is our opportunity tonight to provide prescription drugs to all seniors under Medicare as…”

We certainly are willing to accept the gentleman's amendment. It is a very thoughtful and important one.

I absolutely do. I think we are facing the possibility of physicians fleeing the Medicare program and creating a real access problem for seniors to physicians of their choice. But acceding to the Senate position is not going to fix it; it…

Does the gentleman feel confident even without any placeholder, should, say, the Senate fail to provide a placeholder, as they have in the past, that we will be able to address this in conference?

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.