Frank Pallone: “I have people come up to me and say, Congressman, no one thinks that anybody who is elected to this House has evil…”

“I have people come up to me and say, Congressman, no one thinks that anybody who is elected to this House has evil intentions. I mean, whether they be Republican or Democrat, they are not elected here, and they do not come here because they want to be evil. I really believe that strongly. I am sure all of my colleagues believe that. So my constituents will say, well, why is it that the Republicans do not want to put the prescription drug benefit under Medicare if Medicare is such a good program, and why is it that they do not want to reduce prices, because that will save the Federal Government money? The answer is the special interest prescription drug industry. That is where we have the Republican aid very much saying that. They do not want this to be a Medicare benefit. They want to give it to private insurance companies, because the drug companies are afraid that if it is a Medicare benefit and guaranteed to anyone that somehow they are going to lose money or not make as much profit.”