Political Quotes

“Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need. And I was talking to a group of homecare folks on Saturday morning at their in-service and educating them on the 1-800 number and the www.medicare.gov so that they can help their clients access this needed program. So that is what we have got to continue to do, and that is what I hope all of my colleagues, whether they were for the bill or against the bill, if they are for their seniors, they ought to be educating them on the benefits of this package. But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.”