Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wonder, also, if the Senator might add to his list-- I know he is aware of the fact we have passed a very important prescription drug bill. We had two focuses in the Senate: One, to add Medicare coverage and, two, to lower prices for everyone. The point the Senator from Illinois made this morning about the high price of health care for businesses, for our farmers, for everybody is also very much a part of what we passed to lower prices by getting more competition with generic drugs, opening the border to Canada to bring lower prices, giving States more flexibility. I wonder if the Senator will comment on the fact that the Senate has passed this very important bill, sent it to the House, and it has received no action this fall. We have nothing yet in committee. We have not seen the President speaking out about the fact we passed a bill that will actually lower prices, bring more competition, address the fact that our seniors and our families are having to struggle right now--in fact, right now, as we are here, there are people who are watching C-SPAN 2 saying: Do I eat today or buy my medicine?”