Phil Gingrey: “I appreciate very much Dr. Price's giving me an opportunity to be here once again, once again, with a great team, the…”

“I appreciate very much Dr. Price's giving me an opportunity to be here once again, once again, with a great team, the Truth Squad, and taking up where they left off in the 109th, Mr. McHenry and Ms. Foxx and others, led by Dr. Price. And, of course, there are a couple of pretty darned important issues on the floor in this 100-hour rush to pass with no amendments, as you pointed out, Dr. Price, no opportunity to even present amendments to get rejected. And we are talking, of course, about the two bills, one tomorrow, and that is the stem cell issue, and then, on Friday, Medicare part D. I would be glad, happy, thankful for the opportunity to talk a little bit about part D and maybe later in the hour touch on just for a few minutes the issue of the stem cell bill that is coming up. Medicare part D is working. You have heard that old expression ``If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.'' I think that applies to this issue, my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, more than any I have seen in a long, long time. Because I know the majority party particularly loves to look at polls, loves to look at numbers, and I don't blame them. I understand that, too. But this is an 80 percent issue of satisfaction, is it not? And we are talking in 1 year, our seniors, 38 million of them, 80 percent of them are very, very happy with Medicare part D. They have finally gotten it.…”