[House Document 107-35]
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                       AN IMMEDIATE HELPING HAND

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   A REPORT TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO HELP CERTAIN MEDICARE 
                  BENEFICIARIES BUY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS




January 30, 2001.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means 
           and Energy and Commerce, and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 29, 2001.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed please find the blueprint for my 
program to provide immediate assistance to help certain 
Medicare beneficiaries buy prescription drugs. I look forward 
to working with the Congress to enact these principles into law 
and to working together on comprehensive Medicare reform.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.