Albert Russell Wynn: “seniors in America are crying out for help. Heart patients in need of blood thinner, coumadin, are having to pay $64 in…”

“seniors in America are crying out for help. Heart patients in need of blood thinner, coumadin, are having to pay $64 in America but only $24 if they can get it from Canada. Diabetics have to pay $124 in America but only pay $26 if they could get it from Canada. We ought to give them some help and cut out the lip service. The arguments we hear from opponents is always safety-safety-safety. That is absolutely false. It is the worst kind of scare tactic. There is overwhelming consensus reflected in editorials in the Washington Post, the New York Times, there are no safety concerns. My colleagues have stood before us and talked about antitampering, anticounterfeiting technology. We have the methodology to prevent the safety concerns, the safety problems that are being discussed. What we need this evening is the will to do the right thing to really help seniors. We hear a lot about what we want to do, what we ought to do, what we could do. It is time to quit talking. It is time to do. We need to pass this bill. Let me say this in conclusion: Whenever we see Democrats and Republicans walking down the aisle hand and in hand, it is something called bipartisanship. It also means we have got a good bill. Let us pass the Gutknecht bill.”