Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, a study from the Department of Health and Human Services in a January, 2001, ``Status Report to Congress,'' the Food and Drug Administration, within Health and Human Services, wrote that ``the impact of the lack of lower-cost generic drugs on some patients, especially those without health insurance and the elderly, may be significant.'' This government report from the Food and Drug Administration concluded that ``the greatest burden of this increase will fall on consumers with no private or public insurance support, which may disproportionately affect lower-income purchasers, and the pediatric exclusivity provision imposes substantial costs on consumers and on taxpayers.'' Mr. Speaker, I sit here amazed that this Congress today is about to pass legislation to increase the cost of drugs, of prescription drugs, to America's elderly and to consumers of these prescription drugs, when this Congress has done nothing for unemployed workers, has done nothing for health insurance for people that are unemployed, has done nothing in terms of an economic stimulus package.”