Sam Brownback: “I think it is an outstanding proposal and one that we can do and one that we can afford and one that can provide…”

“I think it is an outstanding proposal and one that we can do and one that we can afford and one that can provide benefits to some people who really need this help and need it now. It is something I think we could build on in the future. Remember now, we are talking about a group of people who do not have pharmaceutical benefits and need them, people with low income but above Medicaid; low income, and this is taking a big portion of their income. They have to have these pharmaceutical drug benefits. They need it. Here is a proposal where we can do it. This is the largest--this will be the largest new entitlement program that I will have voted on since I have been in the Congress, either the House or the Senate, by far. I think at the end of the day, when the dollars are tallied up, you are looking at a multitrillion-dollar program because once we start a benefit, we do not stop it. This is something that we will start, and will do, and it is going to continue for a number of years. It is something we need to do.”