Political Quotes

“If my friend, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), will continue to yield, I keep going back to the fact, how long are the American people going to tolerate this situation? We can go to Canada, we can go to Mexico, Belgium, England, Japan, we can go anywhere on Earth and buy medications that are developed within this country, many of them, in part using American taxpayer dollars; and we can buy those medications with much less cost to the consumer than the American citizen must pay. How much longer are the American people going to put up with that situation? This is just a matter of gross discrimination. American citizens are subsidizing the costs of prescription medications for citizens all over this world. When are we going to put a stop to it? When are we going to say that our people are being treated unfairly? Then, when are we going to say that in this country, America's seniors are not going to continue to be gouged and charged more than insurance companies or HMOs for the same medication? It seems like a no-brainer to me. I cannot understand why there is so much determination on the other side of the aisle to keep us from taking action against this situation.”