Robert Berry: “I think the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) makes an outstanding point. When I think of the Republican drug bill that…”

“I think the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) makes an outstanding point. When I think of the Republican drug bill that was passed on this House floor a few months ago, and I think of the memos that were being sent around on the other side of the aisle, and basically what they were saying is that the American people are tired of being robbed by the drug companies, they may not know all of the details, but they know that they are being taken advantage of. They also know that the senior citizens are being put into great disadvantage, and some of them thrown into poverty because of the cost of prescription drugs. So just vote for something. Tell people when you go back home, I voted for a prescription drug bill. It does not amount to a hill of beans, but tell them that is what you did. That so-called prescription drug bill that was passed on this floor, and it was a deceitful thing, but what it makes me think of is a little restaurant which I saw in rural Arkansas. There were two restaurants close together in this community. One of them had been offering an all-you-can-eat special, and he was really making life tough on the fellow down the street. So the fellow down the street decided he would be competitive. He put up a sign that said all you can eat for $100. That is about the way that this prescription drug bill that was passed by the Republicans works. Let us just make them think that they are going to get something, do not worry about the details.”