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Harry Reid: “I say to my friend, it is our purpose to allow the Senate to vote on a good prescription drug benefit for senior…”

On the recordJuly 30, 2002
I say to my friend, it is our purpose to allow the Senate to vote on a good prescription drug benefit for senior citizens, something that is long overdue and, as the Senator knows, in 1965 when we passed Medicare, there was not a prescription drug benefit. This will be a downpayment for that. Yes, we would like to vote on it today.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Advocating for a vote on a prescription drug benefit for senior citizens.

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