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Steve Kagen: “I believe our President must be kind to seniors and kind to all Americans, and he would be kind in signing the…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2007
I believe our President must be kind to seniors and kind to all Americans, and he would be kind in signing the opportunity to negotiate for a lower price for medications. I believe it is discriminatory, as I said. I look at the world and say, okay, what I am about to do, is it kind or unkind. I think it would be terribly unkind to all senior citizens, to anyone certainly in AARP, if President Bush were to veto that bill.
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Steve Kagen
Wisconsin

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Discussing the importance of negotiating lower medication prices for seniors.

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