Representative Mike McIntire receives TSCL award for tireless action in supporting legislation to help seniors.
TREA Senior Citizens League's President George Smith and Executive Director Shannon Benton recently presented our 2004 MVP Award for Legislative Action to Representative Mike McIntyre (NC) for his leadership in defense of seniors' earned benefits. On the Social Security front, Congressman McIntyre co-sponsored H.R. 97, "The Notch Fairness Act," and various other legislative initiatives that would protect the Trust Fund from being used for purposes other than what it was intended for.
Regarding Medicare, Congressman McIntyre voted time and again to reject the privatization of the program and to provide for a simple, uniform or "defined" drug benefit for seniors. He also voted to improve rural health care and to provide increases in Medicare reimbursements.
Congressman McIntyre has said, "Our seniors deserve a sensible, balanced, and fair Medicare-prescription drug benefit that will help the individuals who need it most. No senior should have to make the choice between buying groceries and purchasing the monthly medicine needed to live a healthy life."
In accepting the award, Congressman McIntyre said his father is not only a WWII veteran but also a Notch Baby, so he knows first-hand the challenges faced by today's seniors. Congressman McIntyre represents the Wilmington and Fayetteville areas of North Carolina.
