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On the recordJune 5, 2002
I could not agree more. I was thinking as the Senator was speaking, we have seniors who got up this morning and literally sat at the kitchen table and said: Do I eat today or do I get my medicine? Do I pay my utility bill or do I get my medicine? They didn't check to see if their registration card was Democrat or Republican. That is not what this is about. This is about real people's concerns. People expect us to work together. They expect us to rise above those kinds of partisan efforts and work together to get things done for them in a meaningful way. So I share the same concern. Every day this week that we are not able to address this is another day where thousands, probably millions of people across this country, are trying to decide how to put their pennies together to be able to afford the medicine that they or their family need. I would say enough is enough. It is time to get on with it.
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Debbie Stabenow
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the challenges faced by seniors in affording medicine and utilities.

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