This is funny.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released
today by the Office of the First Lady:
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be joined this evening,
Jan. 27, for President Clinton's State of the Union address by 10
citizens who through their public activities are making an impact
in their communities. The people chosen to sit with Mrs. Clinton
represent the vast progress and promise of America at the beginning
of a new millennium.
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The following people make up the list of guests in the First
Lady's Gallery:
-- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Human
Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
-- Ruth Summerlin, elementary school principal
-- Tom Mauser, parent of slain son and gun-control activist
-- Robert (Bob) Knowling Jr., CEO and leader in the information
technology industry
-- Lloyd Bentsen, former Senator and Secretary of the Treasury
(Seated on the House Floor)
-- John Cherrey, decorated Air Force Captain
-- Christina Jones, AmeriCorps volunteer
-- Pat Brown, senior citizen in need of prescription drug
coverage
-- Carlos Rosas, father now fulfilling his child support
obligations
-- Julie Foudy, Co-Captain of the 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup
Soccer team
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One of the people representing the vast progress of America is there because she wants you to buy her drugs for her.
-- Pat Brown, Johnson City, Tenn.
Pat Brown, who suffers from five chronic illnesses, knows
first-hand the hardship that results from the lack of Medicare
prescription drug coverage. Pat used to have prescription drug
coverage through Medigap, but the premiums kept increasing, and she
had to buy a cheaper policy -- one which does not include
prescription drug coverage. Her prescription drug costs are
approximately $4,200 a year, and she is worried about spending her
life's savings without being able to save for the rest of her
retirement. Pat Brown retired five years ago after serving as the
director of the Area Agency on Aging in northeastern Tennessee. |
