Political Quotes

“I think it illustrates again what our good friend from Minnesota said and has brought forth examples is that, in fact, there is not a drug today, and we can also expand this to medical choice, but no drug today that is not being developed and has not been developed that is around the country that any way you look around the world in the major industrialized countries where we have trading companies, and the gentleman noted wheat, meat, steel, cars, computers, all types of products where there is 'free trade,' and yet here in this specific area, we are paying top price, high-premium dollar. I think again, whether it is diabetes, breast cancer, there are other drugs that are on the market that affect other types of illnesses, and I think the gentleman highlights a very important point, especially given his district and my district that abut each other, how this creates inflation, and besides the uninsured, the cost of pharmaceutical drugs is the single largest cause for health care inflation in the health care industry which has been running at 20 to 30 percent of inflation. So he brings up, I think, a very good point, and I think it is relevant to the discussion we are having today. What I am most impressed with is the bipartisanship we have here in discussing this.”