[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11085]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL

  (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 would like to share 
with the Chamber an email I received from a constituent last week.
  The subject line of the email was ``Gratitude'' and the email reads 
as follows:
  ``Dear Ginny.
  ``Warmest regards to you, your family and staff.
  ``Out of the 50-plus emails you've received so far from me, here's 
one you'll genuinely enjoy reading, I suspect.
  ``Gratitude is the subject of my email to you today. Today, I was 
approved by Medicare for the $600-per-year low-income credit with 
relation to the Medicare prescription drug bill. Thank you, the 
President, and the Republicans for assisting America's poor and 
disabled in this way.
  ``Others merely want your attention. We, however, need your 
attention. We thank you for your hard work and long hours assisting 
us.''
  Mr. Speaker, I want to point out that over 21,000 low-income seniors 
qualify for this $600 exemption in my district alone. This 
constituent's correspondence is one example of the seniors who are 
celebrating nationwide the ability to have this program in effect this 
week.

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