Political Quotes

“I could not support the Republican bill because we have to have fairness. It does not offer fairness. As a matter of fact, I just completed a survey in Tennessee, and the fact is that prescription drugs are twice what they are in Canada and Europe and Asia. But that is not true just in Tennessee; it is true all over the country. There are a lot of things we could do. The Bush administration could reimport those drugs from Canada right now, and we would get a break. We have a lot of people on the border that can go across the border and get prescription drugs, a 90-day supply. There are a lot of things that we can do that are not being done. The United States Senate Democrats have a very good plan, and we ought to look at the Senate Democrat plan because we are not going to get any justice here. I suggest to Members, vote ``no.'' The fact is we are subsidizing other countries. We have got price gouging going on by the pharmaceutical companies at present. We need to give relief now, and prescription drugs should be part of the Medicare package.”