Political Quotes

“Madam President, public service is about making people's lives better, and here is what is on offer this afternoon to make people's lives better in our country: Reduced healthcare costs for seniors, reduced carbon emissions, reduced energy costs, and reduced cheating by wealthy tax cheats. That is just a part of what is on offer this afternoon. Let me just briefly touch on each of them. We all know that medicines are way too expensive in our country. People always come back from trips, and they say: Why is it so much cheaper overseas? It is because these big pharmaceutical companies are under absolutely no restraints to hold down the prices, and that is what we are beginning to change today. What we are beginning to change today is to say that for those seniors who count on Medicare, for the first time, the program that they love, Medicare, is going to have the power to negotiate lower drug prices for them. The fact is, the Senate is lifting a curse with this legislation. That is how seniors feel when they hear that Medicare can't even go to bat for them. And, of course, Big Pharma has protected this ban on Medicare negotiating like it was the Holy Grail. Even today, they are warning that when we pass this, they are going to try to tie it up with the courts and the State legislatures and the Agencies. But we are not going to let that happen.…”