Political Quotes

“I have talked about choice and I have an amendment, a bipartisan amendment, to offer people choice between generic versus name brand drugs that would reduce prices so people could pick cheaper drugs. Also part of the provision allows individuals, government, private sector, to buy medications anywhere in the G-8 countries and have competition so they can get drugs cheaper in Germany or France or Canada or Italy. That would drive prices down. I too agree with competition. The free market would drive prices down. So those of us who embrace the free market wonder why sometimes our colleagues on the other side are so scared of the free market. I have seen that the benefits of the free market work. I would like to see it come to the discussion we have on a prescription drug bill because if we bring that competition of the free market to the debate about prescription drugs, we will make medications more affordable to all Americans of all ages.”