Political Quotes

“It is great being on the floor with a lot of my friends on the Energy and Commerce Committee and my colleagues across the aisle. Obviously, we have a fundamental disagreement. I know, in southern Illinois, one of the biggest questions I always got and concerns was that ObamaCare plans are too expensive, and the deductibles are too high, so we can't use them. Hence, no one wanted to use them. Part of the change in the political landscape because of that was Republicans controlled the House. That is what happened politically. Here we are, and my colleagues and I have belabored this point all day, Mr. Chairman, about what we are trying to do. We are trying to lower the cost of prescription drugs, but we have to go back to this ObamaCare debate. Republicans control the Senate. They are not going to bring it up. The President is not going to sign the bill. It is instructional to have this debate. We understand it. We will eventually come back, and we will address these prescription drug bills. We will get there, but we have to go through this exercise. I understand that. The three bills that we could vote on and pass right now, probably on a suspension calendar and a voice vote, would be the three prescription drug bills that are part of this package. Those are the CREATES Act, the Protecting Consumers' Access to Generic Drugs Act, and the Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics Act, called the BLOCKING Act.…”