David Loebsack: “I really appreciate Representative Collins of Georgia's leadership on this issue. There is really no one in this…”

“I really appreciate Representative Collins of Georgia's leadership on this issue. There is really no one in this body--maybe with the exception of Representative Carter of Georgia--who can tell the story of community pharmacists the way Representative Doug Collins does. I thank Representative Collins of Georgia for putting this Special Order hour together. He has been such a strong leader on pharmacy issues. He has been a great partner on the legislation that we will be discussing this evening. I am proud to say that this is a bipartisan issue, one of the few in this Congress at this point. It is one of the few in Washington, D.C., at this point. We have been able to find a consensus on this, at least with respect to one bill, and I think we are probably going to be able to do it with respect to others as well. We know for a fact that pharmacists across the country serve as the first line of healthcare services for so many patients around this country. {time} 1845 People count on pharmacists' training and expertise to stay healthy and to stay informed and, most importantly, to stay out of urgent care centers and out of hospitals. That is why I am proud to stand here today with my colleagues to recognize the quality and the affordable and the personal care that pharmacists provide every day. Within that group of pharmacists, we have got a subset of pharmacists, and that is the community pharmacists and their pharmacies.…”