Political Quotes

Amy Klobuchar: “We have 46 million seniors that would benefit from this, and actually the entire country would benefit. Right now…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2021
We have 46 million seniors that would benefit from this, and actually the entire country would benefit. Right now, there’s no other country that pays more for prescription drugs and we do, yet it is our taxpayers that have funded so much of this research and they should be sharing in the success of these companies.
Said by
Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Klobuchar argues for allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, emphasizing the benefits for seniors and taxpayers.

Share

More from Amy Klobuchar

Oct 9, 2026

I gotta be honest — sometimes compassion is having consequences because if they think no one’s going to do anything about it, and they can just roam around and do more of this … you’re going to just continue it and expand it.

minnesotareformer.com
Oct 8, 2026

I'm grateful for the heroic work of law enforcement that prevented a mass shooting and terrorist attack at the Mall of America.

foxnews.com
Oct 8, 2026

Our state must take terrorism and violent crime head on, working with our federal law enforcement and local police departments to keep Minnesotans safe.

foxnews.com
Sep 16, 2026

We don’t want to have a situation where high-error-rate states get off scot-free while the rest of us pay.

iowacapitaldispatch.com

Other voices in this conversation