House Proceeding 11-07-09 on Nov 7th, 2009 :: 1:22:50 to 1:24:35
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Jo Ann Emerson: for his tireless efforts on behalf of low-income americans who need long-term care. i support the elimination of barriers to the provision of home and community-based services under medicaid. the result of the gentleman's empower home act will achieve. i will try to enact legislation -- the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Jo Ann Emerson

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Jo Ann Emerson: gentleman's time has expired. mr. waxman: 30 seconds more i yield to myself. it will give state and other medicaid options for offering of receiving long-term care services in the community rather than in a nursing home. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. waxman: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: mr. speaker, i want

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Jo Ann Emerson: to yield gentlelady from missouri who represents the hometown of rush limbaugh, cape girardeau, missouri, congresswoman jo ann emerson, one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. emerson: thank you. mr. speaker, this could have been a great day in the house of representatives, though we missed an opportunity for consensus to improve access and safe money for -- and save

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Jo Ann Emerson: money for taxpayers. americans pay the highest price for prescription drugs in the world and this bill binds us. for every member of congress, there are 2 1/2 pharmaceutical lobbyists. drug companies spent $609,000 every day on lobbying. we missed an opportunity to tell the drug companies to say

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Jo Ann Emerson: no longer. we have missed the opportunity to put the interest of ericans ahead of special interests. we've missed an opportunity to end the prescriptions who plague americans who cannot pay for the medicines that their doctors prescribe. those costs are shifted from consumers to taxpayers.