Political Quotes

“Mr. Loebsack, you hit it right. There are so many times we get to talking policy and big picture up here. The bottom line is what we do up here--and when I was in the State legislature, you could see it because you were a little bit closer--States are starting to pick up this mantle, as you just said, in Iowa and other States. But it goes back to that feeling of what I call security. Now, as I said just a few minutes ago, the pharmacist is not the issue. The pharmacist is someone who helps in the curing process. They are part of that. I don't want to ever have anyone who happened to watch this to say, ``Why are you bashing pharmacists?'' We are not bashing pharmacists. What we are taking shots at and what we are trying to find solutions for is an abusive practice that has been set up in the name of saving money at the expense of the patient. That is unacceptable. It is time we have a hearing up here on those kind of abuses. I call for that. I call for the bills to be brought to the floor. Let's do those kind of things. We have got 26 cosponsors and growing daily on H.R. 244. They are understanding the issue. As we go into this thing, one of the things that I talked about earlier and I said I was going to come back to was: Live your ``why.'' You know, think about this. I want everybody to have a choice. If you like going to the big box and getting your bananas, your shotgun shells, and your aspirin at the same place, go for it. That is great. I love it.…”