Political Quotes

“I am a proud sponsor of this bill. My interest in this bill is both professional and personal. I have worked in senior centers for years and watched seniors struggle with insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. And then I watched my father struggle, through three major illnesses, with insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. My father would have been delighted to have somebody come from the Federal Government and say, I am here to help you, because my father needed that help, and so do all the other seniors in this country. And do not believe for a moment that things are better now, because my mother also receives prescription drugs and struggles with the cost and worries about what is happening to the money that she has left. I urge my colleagues to please support this bill. It is a beginning. It is the voice of the people, the voice of the taxpayers. Who sits at the table right now with the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies while they negotiate? We don't. The taxpayer cannot sit at the table. But if my colleagues pass this bill, the American taxpayer, the seniors and all those who require these drugs will finally be represented.”