Political Quotes

“I just want to say that my mom died of cancer, my father died of cancer, and I would have done anything to help them, and OxyContin can make a big difference. But there has been a lot of abuse. There have been a lot of doctors that have been doctor factories that are just prescribing this. There were some in my area, and I have seen families that have been devastated in southwest Virginia. I understand what the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) is saying, but in southwest Virginia, in the rural areas down in Lee County, there is probably not a family that has not been impacted by the abuse of prescriptions. So it is a balance. I understand the gentleman, being a doctor, how he feels, but there are cases where there is tremendous abuse. That is why I think we have to keep monitoring this.”