Political Quotes

“Madam President, the American people are sick and tired of being ripped off by the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, which makes tens of billions of dollars per year in profit, charging us by far the highest prices in the world for our medicine. This bill as currently written allows Medicare to negotiate prices with the drug companies but not until 4 years from now and then for only 10 drugs--a tiny fraction of the total. That is a very weak proposal and not what the American people want. They want us to lower prescription drug costs now, not in 4 years, and they want all drugs covered. The VA has been negotiating drug prices for 30 years and pays half--half--as much as Medicare pays. My amendment is simple. It says that Medicare should not pay any more than the VA for prescription drugs. If we do that, we will cut the cost of Medicare prescription drugs in half and save $900 billion. Please support this amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The senior Senator from South Carolina. Point of Order”