Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I really feel like this is a celebration because we have been talking about how Americans have been taken advantage of for years--forever--in terms of high prices. We have been paying the highest prices in the world forever and oftentimes three and four times more than people in other countries. I know I receive messages from families every day who are struggling to pay for their prescription medications. The truth is, we understood this. We finally had the opportunity where we had President Biden and a Democratic majority in the House and the Senate. We took on Big Pharma, and we won. So this is really a celebration. We are not done. We have more to do. We are just getting started, but this is a big deal. It is a big deal. One out of four Americans can't afford their medicine right now--one out of four. That is shameful in the United States of America. Back in 1998, when I was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I took busloads of seniors from Detroit, one side of the Ambassador Bridge to the other side. A few minutes across the bridge was Windsor, Canada. We crossed the bridge and cut prescription drug prices by 40 percent by crossing a bridge. It has made no sense to me. The reason I have been championing this for so long and so appreciate the leadership of Senator Klobuchar and so many of us who have worked together is that this just simply makes no sense, and it has cost lives and people's livelihoods, trying to pay for their medicine.…”