Political Quotes

“I think what is very interesting on this issue is that we are finding people from different philosophical perspectives, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Conservatives, Progressives, Liberals, Moderates, coming together and making one very strong point. And while our analysis may be different, the bottom line that we all agree on is that it is simply unacceptable that the people of the United States year after year are forced to pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, many of which are manufactured right here in this country. As the gentleman from Minnesota knows, several years ago I took some of my constituents, and I was the first Member of Congress to do that, and being in Vermont we are right near the Canadian border, so we went from Franklin County, northern Vermont, over the border, and we had with us a number of women who were struggling with breast cancer, a terrible illness. They were able to purchase, and the gentleman has it right in his hands, a widely prescribed breast cancer drug called Tamoxifen. These women could not believe their eyes when they ended up paying one-tenth the price, 10 percent of the price, in Montreal than they were paying in the State of Vermont.”