Political Quotes

“I am going to talk about one of the issues which will be a central part of the next several days' debate on American health care. The specific bill before us upon which we are seeking permission to proceed relates to generic drugs and eliminating some of the legalisms which have grown up around our generic drug law and have made it difficult for competitive products to come to market, even after the brand name drug has run the full course of its patent. That will be a debate for another day, hopefully as early as today. I am going to talk about an issue that will come up somewhat later in this debate and that is adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Some would say: Look, this issue has been around for a long time. Why should we continue to spend time debating a matter which has thus far been unable to find enough support in the Congress to become law? Why is this issue important enough for us to spend time on it? The answer is: Freda Moss. That is why this is an important issue.”