I have to say during that Committee on Energy and Commerce markup, there were two things that we realized over and over again. One is the Republicans were never going to put this program under Medicare because they are ideologically opposed to Medicare because they see it as a government thing, and they were not going to do anything to effect price reductions.
Frank Pallone: “I have to say during that Committee on Energy and Commerce markup, there were two things that we realized over and over…”
On the recordJune 24, 2002
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Discussing the Republican stance on Medicare during a Committee on Energy and Commerce markup.
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