Rick Allen: “I am pleased to be back here again with him talking about the high cost of prescription drugs and what we should do…”

“I am pleased to be back here again with him talking about the high cost of prescription drugs and what we should do about it. One thing that strikes me is that this is an issue that is hard to understand. This really is not a contest between the parties over the number of times we can mention the words prescription drugs, but there is a fundamental difference and the gentlewoman from Florida mentioned it. We have on the agenda this week a bill to make permanent the estate tax repeal. In other words, once again, tax cuts take a higher priority, particularly tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, take a higher priority than providing prescription drugs at an affordable price to seniors on Medicare who simply cannot afford to take the drugs that their doctors tell them they have to take. So when we look at which party is likely to provide real relief for prescription drugs, it will not be the party that says all the time, smaller government, lower taxes. It will be the party that says, we have a plan that will help all Medicare beneficiaries with the high cost of their prescription drugs.”