Harry Reid: “One last question: In the western part of the United States--and it is coming back here--there is the high cost of…”

“One last question: In the western part of the United States--and it is coming back here--there is the high cost of purchasing electricity in the home. I have received a number of very sad letters--for lack of a better description--from people who are senior citizens saying: I have to have electricity in my home. I am now having to make the choice not only whether I am going to have food or a prescription drug but electricity. With the one-third that we are suggesting should be saved for taking care of some important programs in this country, would the Senator agree that one of the most important priorities, second only to education, would be a prescription drug benefit for the senior citizens of this country who certainly deserve a change in the Medicare program?”