[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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 GIVE OUR SENIORS SIMPLICITY AND CHEAPER PRICES FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

  (Mr. WEYGAND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WEYGAND. Mr. Speaker, 4 years ago Paul and Judy from Warwick, 
Rhode Island, retired hoping that they would have a great retirement 
with a great pension. They are now spending about $8,350 a year for 
prescription drugs. They want a plan that will cover them under 
Medicare that will be simple, effective, and reduce the cost for them, 
but all seniors.
  Over the next few days, we are going to address a plan that the 
Republican leadership will offer that will simply put more money back 
into the insurance companies, provide a prescription drug plan that 
will be nothing more than another boondoggle.
  We ask for simplicity. We ask for universal coverage. We ask for our 
seniors to be given cheaper prices for prescription drugs.

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