On the recordNovember 21, 2003
Over the last 7 years, Oregon seniors have told me that their top concern is the high cost of prescription drugs coupled with the lack of coverage for these lifesaving medicines under the Medicare program. Regrettably, the bill before us today does nothing to address the high cost of drugs, and it comes at too high a price for coverage. Many seniors would lose the expanded coverage they currently have through their retirement and many others couldn't afford the high premiums, deductibles and gaps in coverage. Despite the hard work and good intentions of many members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, we have lost the forest for the trees. And so I rise today in opposition to the conference report on H.R. 1.
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