Robert Berry: “this is a copy of an ad that was run in Congress Daily this morning. It is an attempt to convince Members to do…”

“this is a copy of an ad that was run in Congress Daily this morning. It is an attempt to convince Members to do everything they can to discourage generic drug use and to help the pharmaceutical manufacturers in this country continue to be able to overcharge and rob the American people. At first glance Members can see it has, of course, the words at the top, Pray for a Miracle. That is one thing in this ad that I agree with. I think that we should, indeed, pray for a miracle because I think that is what it will take on the floor of this House and in this Congress and with this administration to achieve a situation that will allow us to let the American people buy their medicine at a fair price and to make sure that the senior citizens of this country have the necessary medicine that they need to stay healthy, have a decent lifestyle, and to not have to go to bed hungry at night because they had to spend all of their money on medicine and could not afford to buy any food. That is an idea that I think the American people will be ashamed of. We are a better country than that. We are a better people than that, and we are a better Congress than that because we represent good people.”