David Loebsack: “Oh, my gosh. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Carter. It is testimonials like his that I have been hearing for the last…”

“Oh, my gosh. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Carter. It is testimonials like his that I have been hearing for the last 10 years, since I have been in Congress, since I first went to an independent community pharmacist, and you spoke with such great passion. You are not alone, as you know. Every single person like you in my district can tell me the same things that you have told me. That is why I am on these bills. That is why I am talking tonight about these issues. I don't have the firsthand experience that you have as a pharmacist. The closest I ever got to a pharmacy, other than picking up my prescription drugs, before I got into Congress was when I was 16 and 17 years old. I was a delivery boy for Greenville Pharmacy in Sioux City, Iowa, which, by the way, still exists, since 1969. Actually, longer ago than that it was established. But I would deliver prescription drugs to folks, especially to the elderly who couldn't get out of their home, who couldn't get to the pharmacy. That is what this is about, as you said. It is about making sure ultimately. And as a Member of Congress, my job is to make sure that folks have access to affordable quality health care. And that is where pharmacists play such an important role, whether it is with medication therapy management or just simply consulting on an informal basis with someone who comes in and has a lot of different prescriptions and is confused by what to take and when to take them.…”