[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11227-11228]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         DRUG COMPANIES STEAL AND ROB FROM OUR SENIOR CITIZENS

  (Mr. BERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, in the 1st Congressional District of 
Arkansas, the greatest health care problem we have is the fact that 
this government, this Congress, this majority, this President has made 
it possible and even more able for the drug companies to steal and rob 
from our senior citizens. It is an incredible act, the Medicare reform 
that was passed. That is the only thing it accomplished, was make it 
possible so that the drug companies could continue to rob and steal 
from the American people.
  In Arkansas, we usually think of thieves as coming in the dark of 
night or committing a violent act to steal your property, but now, 
because of the Medicare Reform Act and these Medicare cards, we have 
made it possible for the drug companies to steal, cheat and rob our 
senior citizens without hardly putting out any effort, and we have 
created so much confusion that it is an easily accomplished act. It is 
time to put an end to this.

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