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On the recordMay 16, 2005
Well, Medicare prescription drugs are designed to pay for prescription drugs for people to improve their health, maintain their health, and provide life-saving medication. This is not life-saving medication. There are only two reasons for sex, and one is procreation; the other is recreation. And in either case, it's not the taxpayers' responsibility to subsidize it.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Representative Steve King argues against Medicare covering impotence drugs, stating they are not life-saving and should not be subsidized by taxpayers.

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