Nancy L. Johnson: “Well, I agree they are able to compete, but they have to be able to get into a market.”

on rollcall No. 79 I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute No. 7 Offered by Mr. George Miller of California The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Bass). The pending business…

but we need to do something better than the Senate position, and we certainly need to avoid the additional 2 percent cut that starts every year thereafter.

would you work for an employer who told you he was going to cut your pay next year 4\1/2\ percent? Would you work for an employer who told you he was going to cut your pay every year for the next 6 years 4\1/2\ percent? Would you work for…

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.