Mark Neumann: “So perhaps we should re-pass them in that case. I want to move forward now in a much more direct manner here. I would…”

“So perhaps we should re-pass them in that case. I want to move forward now in a much more direct manner here. I would like to dedicate the rest of this hour to a very important person, and I want to pay special tribute to him this evening. My father had his birthday last week and I want to just pause tonight to recognize how important he and other people like him are in the lives of people like myself. Without dad, and dad's influence in my life and his understanding and leading me through many tough situations in our life, and being an active help in our campaigns, both when we won and when we lost, I for one would not have been elected to this Chamber and we would not have brought about some of the changes that are happening. I thought I might just dedicate a small portion of this to some of the changes that are being made specifically for senior citizens, and specifically after discussions with my own parents and an understanding of how influential they have been in my life, and, dad, I should pause long enough to say thank you this evening to dads all across America, my colleagues' dads, that have been so influential in changing America. For senior citizens I do think it is important to know that Medicare, that was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1993, has been restored and Medicare is now solvent, so our senior citizens can rely on Medicare. There are some changes in Medicare, though, that came about after having these discussions with our senior citizens.…”