[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PRESCRIPTION DRUG RELIEF

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                          HON. RUBEN HINOJOSA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 2000

  Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker, time is running out. We are coming down 
the home stretch of the 106th Congress. Shortly we will be returning 
home to our respective congressional districts to report to our 
constituents what we have accomplished these past 2 years. I would like 
to be able to say that we've done something about the sky rocketing 
prices of prescription drugs.
  This has certainly been a priority for me. This has defiantly been a 
priority for Democrats. Sadly, there are some for whom this is not a 
priority--and just who is going to pay the price for this indifference. 
The answer is America's seniors. The one issue that I have heard more 
about from senior citizens as well as their sons and daughters, these 
past 2 years than any other, is the outrageous cost of prescription 
drugs. I can't even begin to count the number of letters I have 
received, the phone calls I have had and the people that have come up 
to me when I am at home in my district, all imploring me to pass 
prescription drug legislation now.


  The voices of seniors must be heard--Now. I urge my colleagues in the 
House--lets pass a prescription drug bill before we adjourn in October 
of this congress. The Nation's seniors deserve more than rhetoric--they 
deserve action.

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