[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10739]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            SUPPORT THE BIPARTISAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT

  (Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, no American should be forced to 
choose between the food they need to live and the medicine they need to 
stay healthy. Yet that is the choice many of our senior citizens face 
each day.
  Republicans are doing something about this. Working with our Democrat 
friends, we are proposing a bipartisan prescription drug plan that 
offers seniors the coverage they need.
  Our bipartisan plan strengthens Medicare and provides prescription 
drug coverage for all seniors and disabled Americans, including those 
in rural areas like Pauls Valley, Altus, Walters, Waurika and Purcell, 
Oklahoma.
  Our plan is voluntary. It is also affordable and available to all, no 
matter where you live, no matter what your income.
  I urge my colleagues to work with us to make this prescription drug 
plan a reality so our seniors never again have to choose between buying 
food and buying medicine.

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