I do not care if you live in Montana or New Jersey or anywhere in between, affordable housing is a big, big, big issue.

I mean, is it just pure greed that they would increase the prices like that?

I do not have any problem with a pharmaceutical company getting their research and development money back.

As I go home, I hear from not only patients and friends and family, but I hear from doctors about what is going on with pharmaceuticals.

But can you tell me how a company can take a generic and change it very, very slightly and end up to be able to go take it back on the market and jack the price up when it is basically the same generic it was before they modified it very…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 586, H.R. 2615. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 2615) to establish…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 3076 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

Without the competition, of course, on the market, these spikes will go unchecked.

We need to increase competition, as you have already mentioned, creating market checks on the price of drugs and decreasing costs for those who need them.

reducing the barriers to generics entering the market would clearly help create other examples like Lipitor by reducing the turbulence we see in the market and decreasing costs.

a goal date is not binding.

I believe that incentivizing new, safe, and effective generics and promoting competition is very important for Montanans and all Americans.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I share Senator Udall's concerns, what he is seeing in New Mexico where we have seen a 400-percent increase in the price of that EpiPen.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:36 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at 9:30…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (H.R. 2615) was ordered to…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 572, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 572)…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 5937, which was received from the House. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R…