Political Quotes

“It certainly is an election year. I think the thing some of us find so discouraging is we have a tendency sometimes to take our eye off the ball and remember that these are real people out there. I read a letter from a real constituent who, in her letter, said she cries herself to sleep because she cannot afford the medicines. That story is repeated all over this country. The wealthiest country in the world, the most powerful Nation in history, and we have our grandmothers who are making these painful decisions, and they are suffering from arthritis. They are suffering from all kinds of health problems because they do not have access to these prescriptions. Now, we did pass a bill. It happens to be the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Bryant) and I are Republicans, but the bill is a bipartisan bill. It had both bipartisan sponsors as well as both Republicans and Democrats that voted for it. It is, I believe, the only comprehensive prescription drug add-on for Medicare that the Congress has ever passed.”