Political Quotes

“Democrats are closer than we have ever been to finalizing and passing legislation to achieve President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. We have made great progress since the President announced his framework last week, including by coming to an agreement that will, for the first time ever, empower Medicare to directly negotiate prices in Part B and Part D and lower prices for millions of seniors and American families. We will also cap out-of-pocket expenses at $2,000 a year, and our agreement will make it so Americans with diabetes don't pay more than $35 per month on insulin. One of the great confounding mysteries over the last several years is, how did insulin--a drug that has been on the market for years and years and years; there is no patent--end up costing $600 a dose for people who can barely afford it? Diabetes affects so many people, and yet they have to pay all of this money. So, as the House prepares to move forward, the Senate continues to achieve progress in our goal of passing Build Back Better before Thanksgiving. That is our goal. We are moving forward because the challenges American families and workers are facing are enormous, and President Biden's agenda has many things that will lower costs and help families pay the bills--lower costs and help families pay the bills. Take childcare, for instance. Families sometimes pay more than $10,000 a year for a child just to take care of him--a truly backbreaking expense.…”