Angie Craig: “I thank the Senators from Nebraska and Nevada for bringing a realistic amendment to the floor, one that could take…”

“I thank the Senators from Nebraska and Nevada for bringing a realistic amendment to the floor, one that could take effect now, one with which we could go home to New York or Idaho and say to our seniors: We have cut your drug bills well over a half or two-thirds. You have it now, not wishes 4 years from now, not wishes 3 years from now, a program that won't bankrupt the country and won't demand that those who have saved and earned all their life have to give up their estates so that you can live well. That is not what this country ought to be about. More importantly, that is not what this debate ought to be about. It ought to be about a substantive, affordable program that truly allows America to say to its seniors: We have changed the dynamics of health care from a 30-year-old model to a modern model that allows pharmaceutical drugs to be affordable, to be fitted into the program. I strongly support the effort of my colleagues from Nebraska and Nevada.”