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there is something to link them, Saddam, to weapons of mass destruction, and that is the equipment. The equipment was on the prohibited list that had to be declared. The fact that they did not declare the equipment, not only did they not…
No question, when we keep drawing lines in the sand and making threats and dares and double dares, as was done by the previous administration, attack after attack after attack, the other side is rightly going to assume that you are just so…
I think back and wonder if a senior, I am not there yet, I am getting pretty close, but if a senior at age 65 who was used to managed care and that attention, which has been described as prevention, not just episodic, let us say that they…
Well, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman stating that, but, of course, it works both ways, and the gentleman from Colorado is a former farmer and very successful banker and successful businessman. Of course, we physicians need to…
Dear Speaker Hastert, The Rural Hospital Coalition, which is comprised of more than 150 rural hospitals in America, applauds your leadership in working in a bipartisan fashion to achieve a compromise Medicare bill. We support your efforts…
I find it odd that we are doing so after a bipartisan group of Medicare conferees has reached an agreement that has been strongly endorsed by numerous organizations, including AARP and 35 million seniors. This motion to instruct…
it is good to be back tonight to talk on an issue that is really very, very dear to my heart. We have got an exciting day. In fact, I do not think I could even, though it is a late hour, I do not think I could go home and sleep tonight in…
Well, the gentleman is so right, Mr. Speaker, and physicians who take Medicare patients really do so out of great compassion. I do not think they would be doctors if they did not love people and want to care for them. But, of course, as I…
I am glad that the gentleman asked about that because in the hospital payment system, there has been this disparity for a long time. The rural hospitals and the rural physicians, those doctors who are practicing in an area outside of a…
it is my understanding too that in these accounts, that money that the gentleman described is growing at compound interest, the tax on that is deferred, and that this money of course can be used, as I understand it, for anything related to…
as the gentleman points out, we are saying that this Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization conference committee report of 2003, which we are going to vote on tomorrow, it is not just to the benefit of our seniors. Of course that is…
Mr. Speaker, back in 1988, we were not here. We just got here as freshmen. But I do remember when there was some attempt to include catastrophic coverage under Medicare. I think that was an important thing to look at. But the mistake that…
Dear Mr. Speaker, the American Medical Association is proud to support the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 conference report. Congress listened to America's patients and the physicians who serve them. The AMA gave…
Another great question, and I am sure the gentleman from the 12th, from southeast Georgia, as he has had town hall meetings in his district all the way from Augusta to Savannah, is hearing the same concerns that I have been hearing. In…
As the gentleman said at the beginning of his remarks, the most important part of this legislation is that it helps our needier seniors. It gives them probably the greatest benefit. Most of our seniors who are not low income, yes, they get…
I am so glad that the gentleman asked that question, and I have actually been speaking on the floor of this House for the last month on a weekly basis talking about that very thing that the gentleman speaks of. Physicians have been…
I stand tonight to support the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), my colleague, the honorable and distinguished Representative from the 5th District. I want to say how proud I am to, as a freshman Member, to be able to support what he has…
my Washington Waste Watcher colleagues and I, Republican members of the freshman class, have come to the floor tonight to devise new and innovative ways for trimming the fat out of government. I believe we owe it to the American taxpayer…
I rise again this week as I have done in previous weeks to call attention to declining Medicare reimbursement for physicians. Effective January 1, 2004, physicians and other providers paid pursuant to the Medicare physician fee schedule…
Mr. Speaker, today I am pleased that we are considering this resolution recognizing the importance of chemistry in our everyday lives. This resolution supports the goals and the ideals of National Chemistry Week, and it recognizes the…
I rise again today, this week, to continue the discussion regarding the declining Medicare reimbursements for physicians. Effective January 1, 2004, physicians and other providers paid pursuant to the Medicare physician fee schedule face…
I, as a physician, as an OB/GYN physician, do not know of any other procedures, late-term procedures that would result in the death of a child at this stage of pregnancy, and we are talking about infants, that are well past the point of…
What we are hearing from the opposition over and over again is that this is an attack on Roe v. Wade. It is not an attack on Roe. I will stand here and tell the Members that I think that January 22, 1973, will live on as a day in infamy…
I miss it tremendously. What a wonderful opportunity and a calling it was to be a physician, and, in particular, to bring life into the world. And I am very proud, of course, to say that in all those 27 years, I have never once performed…
I think the gentleman has pointed out something that is very important in regard to the fact that Saddam Hussein, at the outset of the conflict, just opened the prison doors. I mean, he just literally opened those prison doors and turned…
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