[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE NEW YORK TIMES GOT IT RIGHT AGAIN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, last week I sat on this House floor and did 
something I never thought I would do: I praised the New York Times for 
accurately reporting the facts about the success of the new Medicare 
prescription drug program.
  They say lightening never strikes the same place twice, so you can 
imagine my surprise when the New York Times ran an April 3 editorial 
that said about Medicare part D: ``Complaints and call waiting times 
are diminishing, and many uninsured patients are clearly saving money 
on their drug purchases.''
  It is refreshing that the mainstream media is finally beginning to 
acknowledge that millions of seniors are saving thousands of dollars a 
year on their prescriptions under Medicare part D. This benefit has 
already lowered average monthly premiums from $37 to $25, and those 
seniors with limited incomes will incur nearly no expenses at all.
  It is a real shame that my Democratic colleagues refuse to admit that 
this benefit is making a positive difference. Instead, they prefer to 
bash the program and scare seniors into thinking it is ``confusing.'' 
The Main Street press is finally starting to pay attention to millions 
of our seniors' success stories. It is about time that Democrats remove 
their ear plugs and start paying attention, too.

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