Political Quotes

“I ask the Senator, who is the chair of our Budget Committee, about issues that are in that budget which I think are so critical for all of us, and I share with the Senator his frustration about the lack of willingness or ability to move ahead in order to pass this supplemental and to be able to pass the budget. One of the important provisions that we have worked on together relates to the question of prescription drugs and putting forward a comprehensive Medicare prescription drug benefit that I know the Presiding Officer has been deeply involved in leading and advocating as well. Would the Senator not agree that it is critically important that we be able to move ahead with this budget so we can address the issue of Medicare prescription drugs and be able to address the spiraling costs of medications, affecting every part of our economy and that our budget resolution, in fact, puts in place the ability to do that?”