[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEDICARE PART D ENROLLMENT ACTIVITY

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, as of midnight, May 15, 90 percent of seniors 
had prescription drug coverage, despite the warnings and threats from 
the other side of the aisle. They threatened, they scared seniors in 
robocalls, paid for by people who have prescription drug coverage, 
telling them too confusing, too difficult, not adequate.
  Let me tell you something. The very people that were raising a ruckus 
and scaring seniors are the ones that are on this floor that do have 
prescription drug coverage paid for by the taxpayers.
  Union groups that are paying for these robocalls urging seniors to be 
panicked, well, these are the seniors that got us through the 
Depression, World War II, Vietnam. These are the people that have 
fought for the values of this country. And they are being insulted 
daily by the rhetoric that somehow they can't figure out how 
prescription drugs work.
  I am embarrassed by the conduct of others. But I am proud that Palm 
Beach County and people in the 16th District of Florida knew enough to 
be able to sign up and now are receiving valuable needed coverage on 
prescription drugs.

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