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I rise today to thank Betty Brady for nearly 30 years of service to the Powder Springs, Georgia community, most recently as the city clerk. Betty's retiring from public service this year, and I know the whole city will miss her enthusiasm…
it is a pleasure to join both of my colleagues, the gentleman from Texas, Judge Carter, who is managing the hour with the gentleman from California that you just heard from, Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Representative Rohrabacher, who very…
I would again like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Walsh, ranking minority member Edwards, and Chairman Lewis for leading the committee in the production and shepherding of this bill. We can never do enough for our veterans. I think we all…
it is a pleasure to take this hour designated by the Speaker, by the leadership, we refer to it as the leadership hour, and to take an opportunity to talk about things that are important to this majority, are important, indeed, to the…
Madam - ?? Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the Davis amendment, which authorizes military doctors to perform abortions at military overseas hospitals. This policy was rejected every year for the last 10 years, and I look forward…
I thank Chairman Buyer, Chairman Chabot, Chairman Miller, Mr. Reyes, and all of the Members that have brought forth this bill, the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act. Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable that we would need this kind of a…
I rise tonight to applaud the United States Senate for bringing to the floor this week three critical pieces of health care legislation. Unfortunately, only one of the three still stands a chance to see an actual up-or-down vote on the…
I rise tonight to raise awareness of a problem that is plaguing our health care system, and that is the number of uninsured Americans. It has been estimated that more than 45 million lack health insurance. However, it is important for…
I thank the gentleman from Ft. Worth. I guess I have run my Dallas-Ft. Worth together. But the gentleman has done a great job in working with us on this time, and I appreciate his comments tonight as well. Madam Speaker, there has been a…
And as I said, premiums, Madam Speaker, a third lower than expected. Even the cost, the overall cost, we got some conflicting numbers back towards the end of 2003 when we were debating and finally passing this bill. The first number, of…
Dr. Price, thank you so much for those comments. They are very accurate and very timely. I know one thing that Representative Price mentioned about this deadline, and of course it is approaching. We are 3 weeks away. Of course, a 6-month…
I thank Dr. Murphy, and really among the many important points that you made, there is one that I would like to elaborate on before turning to our next speaker, and that was this issue that Dr. Murphy mentioned in regard to seniors buying…
thank you so much. It is great to be here again tonight talking to my colleagues as part of the Republican health care public affairs team, and I am pleased that a number of my colleagues will be joining me, hopefully, during the hour, and…
I rise today to share yet another success story from a senior who is saving money with Medicare prescription drug coverage. These stories are plentiful, and it is important we share them with the American people so seniors will know the…
I am very happy, of course, to be here tonight to take this leadership hour and talk about something that is really near and dear to my heart but, more importantly, near and dear to the hearts of 41, 42 million seniors in this country who…
I want to yield very quickly to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, my chairman, and I am talking about the gentleman from California, Representative Duncan Hunter. I gladly yield to the chairman.
I would just like to say I thank the gentleman, and I think the seniors are very fortunate, whether Mark Kennedy is serving in this United States House of Representatives or representing them in the other body soon as a senator in the…
Mr. Murphy, thank you so much for that and for your insights. As I was standing here listening to Mr. Murphy, I cannot help but, Mr. Speaker, wanting to go back just for a moment to this press release of March 9, 2000, from the Bill…
I ask you and all my colleagues to join me in congratulating Brian Leonardi on his recent acceptance of a full football scholarship to Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Brian is the 18-year-old son of my niece, Allyson…
I rise and share yet another story of success regarding the Medicare part D prescription drug benefit. Today I would like to tell you about Lola Squires of Cedartown, Georgia. Lola is a widow and lives on a fixed income. As you can…
I thank him for bringing that up because it is so important. A lot of the concern over this Medicare part D addition was the cost. And some Members on our side of the aisle, fiscal conservatives, and I understand that, voted against the…
Actually, just for a question. And I wanted to ask the question, if he has had an experience really similar to what I have. We have been working on this program, like I say, for a year and half during the transitional phase, and…
Because I wanted to ask the gentleman on that point about the independent pharmacists, what we call the corner druggists back in Georgia and maybe also in Texas. I would love for the gentleman maybe to elaborate a little bit on some of the…
I would point out that although a couple, for the reasons that you just so clearly explained, might have signed up for different prescription drug plans, they can get their medication filled at the same pharmacy.
every day we are hearing success stories from seniors who are saving money with Medicare part D. Two of these seniors are Mary and Jerry O'Brien of Cobb County, Georgia. I want to share with you a letter Jerry O'Brien wrote to my office…
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