Frank Pallone: “I have been on the floor many times in the evening during Special Orders criticizing the Republican leadership in the…”

“I have been on the floor many times in the evening during Special Orders criticizing the Republican leadership in the House because of their failure to address the issue of prescription drugs and even bring a bill to the floor. So I want to start out by saying I hoped since they have promised that they are going to bring up a prescription drug bill to the floor of the House before the July 4 recess, which would be by this Thursday or Friday, I am hopeful since they made that commitment to do so that we will see some bill come to the floor, and there will be a debate on the prescription drug issue by end of the week. I am still somewhat skeptical that we are going to see that from the Republican leadership because initially they said this was going to happen Wednesday, and now we hear Thursday and now we hear maybe even Friday. So certainly if they do not bring up the bill at all, they should be seriously chastised for doing that since they promised it for 2 months. But even if they do bring it up, my great disappointment and that of my Democratic colleagues is that it is a sham proposal.”