Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this bill, as has been mentioned by the chairman, passed just about a month ago by the overwhelming margin of 338 to 86 in this House and, in fact, it passed in the Senate unanimously. So today we pass the Senate version of this bill so we can get it to the President so we can continue to provide these health benefits for children. It passed by that overwhelming majority because there is wide agreement on just about every facet of this issue. There is universal agreement, no one debates the question, that for decades; in fact, for all of the health history of this country, we have had a serious problem in trying to get pharmaceutical companies to test their products on children so that pediatricians and other doctors and specialists can prescribe these medications in ways that benefit children particularly and take into consideration of the different physiology and the different size and weight of children. Everyone agrees to that.”