Tom Tancredo: “It is true, unfortunately, whether one party is in charge or the other, it seems like it hardly matters, we do spend a…”

“It is true, unfortunately, whether one party is in charge or the other, it seems like it hardly matters, we do spend a great deal of money, sometimes without benefit, I think, of enough analysis and enough debate. And a constituent of mine e-mailed us a couple of days ago concerned about everything he had been hearing with regard to the proposals on both sides of the aisle for support of a new program for Medicare, a program that provides for insurance and/or some subsidy in some way or other for prescription drugs. As my colleague from Colorado said, it is a compelling argument. We have all heard from constituents who over and over again explain to us the need for some help in procuring their prescription drugs, and our heart goes out to them because we recognize, just as I do with my own parents, and certainly I think everybody has someone who they can think of who is in desperate need for medication, the cost of which is skyrocketing.”