Political Quotes

“I hope the Senate, given this opportunity, will do something about providing a drug benefit for all those Americans who desperately need it. This is obviously a compromise, but great work has gone into this effort and it is important we do something for all those people who need help. I want to say a word about the underlying bill because while we are providing the prescription drug benefit, we need to make that benefit affordable, No. 1, and, No. 2, we need to do something about the cost of prescription drugs in this country. The Presiding Officer, Senator Schumer, led the way, along with Senator McCain, in doing something about the cost of prescription drugs in this country in getting generic drugs on to the marketplace, providing competition, and bringing down the costs for all Americans. In the HELP Committee, Senator Collins and I, working with Senator Schumer and Senator McCain, built on that work that had already been done and provided a way to deal with the problem of brand name drug companies abusing the patent process to keep generics out of the marketplace.”