Sylvester Turner: “I am sure there are many seniors out there tonight that wonder what happened; how could all of these Members of Congress…”

“I am sure there are many seniors out there tonight that wonder what happened; how could all of these Members of Congress be campaigning for office, talking about how committed they were to helping our seniors afford prescription drugs, and now nothing has happened. Very seldom do we hear any discussion of the issue, and those of us who bring it to the floor, as we are tonight, are doing so in a special order hour, not with the opportunity to bring it before a committee that would have the opportunity to actually take some action, or bring it to this floor on a regular calendar, where we could actually vote on a program, but we are relegated to this special order evening hour, which is set aside for discussion of issues that we choose to talk about to begin to discuss once again the problem of prescription drug coverage for seniors.”