Barbara Mikulski said "If I may respond to the Senator, first of all, I do thank the Senator for the substitute. I think it does make substantial improvements in the bill. It demonstrates that the Senator is listening to colleagues and also to people who are affected. I am familiar, when we worked on home health care, and the Senator and I teamed up, that in parts of Maine and parts of western Maryland, we had visiting nurses on snowmobiles and they were not going to be reimbursed. So we have an understanding of these rural, rugged communities. I do want to work with Senator Collins. In the spirit and tone represented by Senator Collins and Senator Lieberman, perhaps we could have an additional conversation." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 18, 2012

If I may respond to the Senator, first of all, I do thank the Senator for the substitute. I think it does make substantial improvements in the bill. It demonstrates that the Senator is listening to colleagues and also to people who are affected. I am familiar, when we worked on home health care, and the Senator and I teamed up, that in parts of Maine and parts of western Maryland, we had visiting nurses on snowmobiles and they were not going to be reimbursed. So we have an understanding of these rural, rugged communities. I do want to work with Senator Collins. In the spirit and tone represented by Senator Collins and Senator Lieberman, perhaps we could have an additional conversation.

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Barbara Mikulski

Democratic · Maryland

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