[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                MEDICARE

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening 
because many of my elderly constituents in Florida have been misled 
about the new Medicare law. They have been misinformed because of the 
distortions spread by some of the liberal special interest groups and, 
quite honestly, some bitter Democrat politicians. These insincere 
groups have even tried to smear the AARP, an organization that seniors 
have trusted for over 45 years. They have tried to discredit AARP along 
with 300 other health care organizations. AARP supports the health care 
law that Democrats quite honestly wish that they could take credit for. 
Unlike what appears on TV, the biggest supporters of this bill are not 
the pharmaceutical companies. They are patients rights groups, senior 
advocacy groups, nurses and other health care professionals who have 
made quality health care and services their priority.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask, are 300 nonpartisan organizations interested only 
in health care all wrong, while a handful of politically motivated 
Democrat interest groups are right? The answer is absolutely not.

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