Political Quotes

“On that point, we actually have counted the number of pharmaceutical lobbyists in the Senate. There are six lobbyists for every Member of the Senate: Six for me, six for the Senator from California, six for the Senator from New Jersey. Six lobbyists are being paid full time to lobby and bring in these kinds of provisions and also to kill other provisions. We passed legislation to lower prescription drug prices for everyone, to increase competition of generic drugs, and open the border to Canada. There is a bill that has been languishing in the House for months that has been stopped by the same group that could take the time at the last minute to put this outrageous provision into the homeland security bill. I thank the Senator from California for her eloquence and for standing up for families, because as a mother--and I know she is as well--it is outrageous to think that parents who are concerned about their children will not have an opportunity to have their day in court over something that potentially is extremely damaging and hurtful to them.”