Political Quotes

“the pharmaceutical companies set up a front group, because if it was paid for by the pharmaceutical companies, it would totally be discredited; but they set up a front group to advertise and start to attack or pressure individual Members on this legislation. And they ran radio ads saying, call your Member, say you do not want unsafe drugs in the district, using scare tactics to frighten senior citizens and to frighten American consumers. Well, in the Chicago area it has totally backfired so I want to thank them for spending their money to help us. But I decided to go on with my own radio ad to counter what the pharmaceutical industry was doing and to tell them the truth and the public the truth about what was going on, what we were trying to do, which is bring competition, bring the prices down, make medications more affordable, save the taxpayers money. The gentleman and I have talked about it, others have talked about it; I believe that what the drug pharmaceutical companies were doing here was a sign of desperation.”