Political Quotes

“this is a very simple proposition. Our friends on the other side of the aisle who oppose this prescription drug benefit largely oppose it because they say it is too expensive; we can't pay for it. They propose a prescription drug benefit that leaves lots of senior citizens behind. The problem is, when we respond with, No. 1, a more comprehensive prescription drug benefit that, in fact, protects all senior citizens and, No. 2, with a real and meaningful proposal to bring the cost of prescription drugs under control so that we can, in fact, afford a comprehensive prescription drug benefit for all senior citizens, that will work for all senior citizens, then they also block us on that front. This makes no sense. There is no logic to this. What we are saying is we want to provide a real and meaningful prescription drug benefit, No. 1; No. 2, in order to afford it, we have to do something about the cost of prescription drugs. The costs of prescription drugs have been going up anywhere from 10 to 20 percent a year, way above the cost of inflation.”