[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13058-13059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              CONGRESS ANSWERED PLEAS OF NEVADA'S SENIORS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, let us come back to reality for a minute. 
For months now, our seniors have been asking, even begging, for relief 
from the high cost of prescription drugs that they have to take.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand here in this well and announce that 
this Republican Congress heard and answered the calls of those senior 
citizens.
  Yesterday, the Republicans passed the Bipartisan Medicare 
Prescription Drug Benefit plan that will benefit

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every Medicare senior. Our bipartisan plan provides for a voluntary, 
affordable, and available prescription drug benefit to all Medicare 
beneficiaries in need.
  We have created a much-needed entitlement for every Medicare 
beneficiary, which, at the same time, allows seniors to choose the plan 
they want, and yet keeps Washington out of their medicine cabinets.
  While the Democrats took a walk on our seniors yesterday, Republicans 
are lowering drug prices and providing real prescription drug relief 
and benefits and yet fighting for our seniors at the same time.

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