Political Quotes

“I salute my colleague, the Senator from North Dakota. He has been a leader on the issue of prescription drugs and has challenged all of us to focus on an issue which most American families understand completely. They know what it costs to go to the pharmacy, if you are not lucky enough to have good insurance. They know what it means when you go into your local pharmacy and they tell you how much a drug costs and you almost faint. They say: Wait a minute; don't you have some insurance coverage? Well, yes, I think I do. This happened to me recently in Springfield, IL. It ended up costing me a fraction of what it would have cost. It was a prescription where I had to think twice about whether I wanted to spend that kind of money on it, if the insurance didn't cover it. But that was an option for me; I am in pretty healthy shape. Imagine a person who is really struggling to just survive, to stay healthy and strong, and the choices they have to make when they have limited income. What I am talking about is not an outrageous situation or an outlandish idea. It happens every single day. It happens across America. People, families across America, keep looking to Washington and saying: Do you get it? Do you understand this? Do you care?”