Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today in support of the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act--something that Senator Cortez Masto, our colleague from Nevada, is leading. I do want to take a moment, however, to note that there are many things we need to do to reduce costs. I appreciated the words of my colleague from the neighboring State of South Dakota, and I think he is well aware that pharmaceutical prices are No. 1 on the minds of people in many of our States. I ask Republicans to join us in pushing Medicare to finally negotiate lifting the ban so we can negotiate less expensive drugs under Medicare Part D--something that every Democrat is committed to in our caucus and we hope to get done in the next month. I also note that the President recently came out for E15--something Senator Thune and I have worked together on for years, and that is now in place as one competitive fuel that should help--not alleviate everything but be a major help--and the release of the oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and so many other areas where we are working together. I don't think anyone thought we could emerge from a 2-year pandemic and everything was going to be the same. Obviously, there is work left together for the country to bring down costs, and that is on all of our minds. Madam President, also on our minds is what has recently happened with the Supreme Court and the decision in the Dobbs case.…”