Sylvester Turner: “I really do hope that we can get a plan that is meaningful passed in this session of the Congress. There is no reason we…”

“I really do hope that we can get a plan that is meaningful passed in this session of the Congress. There is no reason we cannot. I think what we went through the week before last on this floor was disappointing to all of us, seeing that Republican plan pushed through without any option to even debate our plan of putting it as a benefit under Medicare. It was a disappointment I think to all of us. I know there is not much time left. And if this Congress wants to avoid the label of a 'do-nothing Congress,' it needs to take some action on prescription drugs for our seniors. It is amazing. Before that bill passed on the floor of this House 2 weeks ago, the President said he was going to veto it. The time was to stop right there, get together, try to work together and work something out. People of this country are tired of this partisan approach to dealing with these issues. They want to see some real solutions and they expect us to get together and do that.”