Phil Gingrey: “I am proud, of course, as a physician Member of this Congress to have been very supportive of this Medicare…”

“I am proud, of course, as a physician Member of this Congress to have been very supportive of this Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act. Mr. Speaker, I think all of us realize, we are in an election year, and not just any election year, but, of course, a presidential election year, and there is a lot of rhetoric going around in these halls and in the respective town halls of districts of Members and a lot of criticism of the administration and this President, and what I like to call MediScare rhetoric, MediScare rhetoric. In the little bit of time I have tonight, let me try to clarify for the Members one such MediScare subject, and that is this, that the allegation that this prescription drug bill for seniors, for our needy seniors is nothing but a giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry. Think about that now, nothing but a giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry.”