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Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions

Date: Feb. 16, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance


STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I commend my colleague for raising this important issue which affects every State in the Union. Of our National Guard in Illinois, 80 percent have been deployed overseas, and more this year. At this point, they have come home to empty parking lots where they used to have vehicles and equipment which they trained on and would use at times of national emergency.

We cannot allow this Guard to become a hollow Army. It must be a viable force. I look forward to reviewing the bill the Senator introduced to see if I can join him in this effort to strengthen our Guard nationwide.

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By Mr. DURBIN:

S. 2312. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to change the numerical identifier used to identify Medicare beneficiaries under the Medicare program; to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the RECORD.

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

S. 2312

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By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. DAYTON):

S. 2313. A bill to amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans that change their formalities or increase drug prices to enroll in other plans; to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the RECORD.

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

S. 2313

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