Steve Pearce: “I called my mom before we voted on it the first time, I asked her, I said, ``Mom, you are going to fall in the category…”

“I called my mom before we voted on it the first time, I asked her, I said, ``Mom, you are going to fall in the category that they are describing as the gap in coverage or the donut hole.'' She said, ``Why would that be?'' I said, ``Because your assets are high enough and your yearly income is up. We are targeting the poor and we are targeting the people with catastrophic health care, prescription drugs cost.'' She said, ``Son, we have been very blessed. I do not mind paying more if I can pay more.'' And I feel like that is the way most Americans are going to approach this, that they do not mind paying more if they can pay more. Again, I told my mom that. She said, ``Exactly why are you doing that?'' And I said, ``It is so we do not break the country, so we do not tag the next generation with more cost than they could ever pay.''”