David Minge: “The Fairness Caucus is committed to ending the regional disparities that exist with respect to Medicare today. The fact…”

I would like to start out by echoing the comments of our colleagues from Texas in terms of the timing. I serve on the Committee on the Budget. We do not yet have even the beginnings of a budget resolution, and that is the primary task of…

Mr. Chairman, this proposal that we are considering this afternoon gives us in the House of Representatives an opportunity to move ahead with a very ticklish task of developing a budget and trying to improve the rigors of the budget…

I know that in talking with both physicians and with seniors in my area, that often seniors are making a choice between groceries and prescription drugs. I hear this over and over. They are amazed at the cost of prescription drugs. They…

we are embarked on a very important exercise this week, the adoption of the House budget resolution. I think that it is well that we keep in mind the state of our Nation's economy and the state of the Nation's debt as we proceed. First…