Let me say I appreciate the remarks of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Bryant). Judging from his remarks, he would concede that we have managed to build a bipartisan product based on a Republican budget that set aside $40 billion to modernize Medicare and to improve benefits, and we have offered here the American people a bipartisan plan that would provide benefits that are universal, affordable, flexible and voluntary and allow them to get prescription drugs based on a model of choice, something lacking in the other plan. I appreciate the gentleman's remarks because he has clearly elucidated the strength of our plan and the fact that we are offering something that the American people, hopefully, can unite behind.
Glenn English: “Let me say I appreciate the remarks of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Bryant). Judging from his remarks, he would…”
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Discussing a bipartisan Medicare modernization plan during a House floor debate.
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