Cliff Stearns: “we have heard all about the prescription drug card being available this month for the most disadvantaged, but there has…”

“we have heard all about the prescription drug card being available this month for the most disadvantaged, but there has been some discussion about how much this prescription drug benefit costs and whose estimates are the best estimates. The Democrats are saying this program costs way too much money. But, Mr. Speaker, remember last year they introduced their own Medicare prescription drug benefit plan? Theirs would have cost $1 trillion. Luckily, we passed a more responsible yet critical bill that offers prescription drugs for our seniors for a lot less than what the Democrats proposed. Yet in the last few weeks, the Democrats have been complaining that the Republican plan is too expensive and that we should take prescription drug coverage back from our seniors. Let us not forget the Democrats support a candidate for President who has proposed a health insurance plan that would cost the Nation almost $1 trillion. So there it is. How come the Democrats complain about the cost of the prescription drug plan when they and their standard bearer want to spend much, much more?”