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Rep. Corrine Brown: “tomorrow, in my district in Orlando, President Bush will be visiting the Marks Community Center on Physical Fitness, and…”

On the recordJune 20, 2002
tomorrow, in my district in Orlando, President Bush will be visiting the Marks Community Center on Physical Fitness, and we thank him. I have a lot of seniors in my district, but besides physical fitness, they need the prescription drug benefit that was promised to them in the last election. When I was home recently in Jacksonville, I had to go to the drugstore to pick up a prescription for my grandmother. I thought the copayment would be $15. It was $91. Our grandmothers deserve better than that. If the Republican leadership and Mr. Bush could take a break from their $30 million drug company fund-raisers and their tax cuts to the rich, maybe they could work on a compromise that will provide our seniors with the relief they need and that was promised to them in the last election. They need to get their priorities straight.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida
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Addressing the need for prescription drug benefits for seniors during a speech about President Bush's visit.

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