Dick Durbin said "Since we have established there is no effort in this bill to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare recipients in our country, we hear from the other side of the aisle that any effort to bring down the cost of drugs is tampering with the free market. I ask the Senator from Iowa for his objective appraisal. Does he think the Veterans' Administration is guilty of socialistic, communistic, Bolshevik behavior, tampering with the market to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for the millions of veterans who desperately need their care? I think I know the answer to the question." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 25, 2003

Since we have established there is no effort in this bill to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for Medicare recipients in our country, we hear from the other side of the aisle that any effort to bring down the cost of drugs is tampering with the free market. I ask the Senator from Iowa for his objective appraisal. Does he think the Veterans' Administration is guilty of socialistic, communistic, Bolshevik behavior, tampering with the market to bring down the cost of prescription drugs for the millions of veterans who desperately need their care? I think I know the answer to the question.

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Dick Durbin

Democratic · Illinois

Source

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the lack of measures to reduce prescription drug costs in a Medicare bill.

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