Gilbert Gutknecht: “I rise again tonight to talk about the high cost that Americans pay for prescription drugs. I am so lucky. Today I got…”

“I rise again tonight to talk about the high cost that Americans pay for prescription drugs. I am so lucky. Today I got to spend a good part of my day with a true American hero. Her name is Kate Stahl. For Members who have not seen it, I recommend, and I will submit for the Record, a copy of last week's U.S. News and World Report; and they did a story, the title of which is ``Health on the Border, Elderly Americans head north and south to find drugs they can afford.'' Featured in the story is this American hero. Her name is Kate Stahl. She is an 84-year-old grandmother. She was here in Washington today. She wore a little sign. It just said, ``Kate Stahl, Old Woman.'' In my opinion, Kate Stahl is an American hero, and she is a patriot. She stands on the shoulders of great patriots like the Sons of Liberty who threw tea in Boston Harbor, because she has said in this article, and I will quote, ``I'd like nothing better than to be thrown in jail.'' Kate Stahl has thrown herself into this fight for lower prescription drug prices. She calls herself a drug runner. She goes to Canada regularly to bring back prescription drugs for her friends and neighbors who cannot afford them. She is a patriot. Recently, the Kaiser Foundation did a study. They found that 29 percent of seniors say that they have had prescriptions that have gone unfilled because they could not afford them. I do not say shame on the pharmaceutical industry. Shame on us.”