Stephen Miller: “I rise to urge the Senate to let us try to come together on a prescription drug bill in these next 2 weeks for the sake…”

“I rise to urge the Senate to let us try to come together on a prescription drug bill in these next 2 weeks for the sake of America's seniors. Our seniors are up against a rich and powerful drug industry--an industry that, obviously, will fight tooth and nail against anyone who seeks to meddle with its obscene profit margin or its astonishing salaries for its CEOs or its TV media blitz. Our seniors cannot fight this battle alone. Goliath is too big. Congress must step in immediately and help America's elderly in their day-to-day life and death struggle with prescription drugs. This Senate has already taken a very big step toward helping seniors get their medicine at lower prices by passing the reimportation amendment. Now it is time to give some more help. It is time to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. I was very glad to hear this week that the Nation's largest advocacy group for seniors, AARP, has declared the Graham-Miller-Kennedy bill as the one that, in their opinion, offers the very best value for seniors.”