Political Quotes

“My friends on the other side, the Democrats, ignore these facts. Some have even said--can you imagine this--that it is ``worth it'' to forego cures. Seriously? That it is worth it to never have a cure for Alzheimer's? Is it worth it to never have a cure for ALS? What about Huntington's Disease, or Parkinson's, or rheumatoid arthritis? The answer for me is ``no,'' because one lost cure is one too many. The Independent Congressional Research Service also read through H.R. 3. They said it is unconstitutional, most likely because of the huge and punitive club that it hands the government. You see, if an innovator, under the bill on the floor today that the Democrats have, if an innovator does not agree with the price that the government demands, then the government can take 95 percent of that company's revenues for the sale of that drug--95 percent. Oh, by the way, it is actually higher than that because you can't deduct it and they have to pay tax. Democrats call that a negotiation. I call that a mugging, Mr. Chair, a mugging. Their scheme is based on what happens with drugs in six other countries. And they ignore that in these referenced countries and other countries around the world, people are actually denied access to lifesaving medicines that Americans have access to. So this is the tradeoff here.…”