Frank Pallone: “I have to say I know that we have been very disappointed with the…”

On the recordJune 30, 1999

I have to say I know that we have been very disappointed with the Republican leadership on a number of health care initiatives, most importantly the Patients' Bill of Rights that they refuse to bring up, so that now we have got to actually sign this discharge petition and try to get it to the floor. So far, there has not been a lot of criticism of the President's proposal on Medicare. I am hopeful, I am sort of crossing my fingers here and hoping that, at some point, we will see an expression of support for this.

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Frank Pallone

Democratic · New Jersey

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Discussing health care initiatives and the Patients' Bill of Rights during a floor speech.

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