Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleagues' support of this legislation. This is important legislation. I will say this: I understand the points that have been made on the other side. As a father of a type 1 diabetic, I am one of those many millions of families that pay very close attention to the important research that we think ultimately may lead to a cure for diabetes, so I embrace the suggestion made on the other side that we have hope for a cure. I have hope for a cure. Ever since my daughter was diagnosed, I have been waiting for that moment, as she has, for that cure to appear. If it is just outside our grasp, let's do everything we can to get there. But that is not what this legislation is intended to attack. It doesn't mean we ignore that. It means we continue to push. I have worked with my colleague on this side of the aisle, Congresswoman DeGette, to try to do everything we can to find these cures. But in the meantime, let's make sure that there is not a diabetic who is standing at the pharmacy counter with lifesaving medication just beyond their reach, not because it is unavailable but because it is unaffordable to them. I take the point that while this legislation doesn't do what we all would like to do--and that is to reduce the overall cost of medication through the way markets actually work, negotiation between a buyer and a seller. I mean, that is the way the free market works.…”