The Senate had passed it 78 to 21, the prescription drug bill relating to generic drugs which would lower the cost by $60 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. We have a discharge petition to that end to bring it to the floor. I urge our colleagues to sign it, but it was passed by the Senate, contrary to the gentleman's comment that the Senate had not passed a prescription drug bill. We now have 4 legislative working days until the end of the fiscal year. We also have eight appropriations bills to fund the entire government, and the House has yet to consider them.
Nancy Pelosi: “The Senate had passed it 78 to 21, the prescription drug bill relating to generic drugs which would lower the cost by…”
On the recordSeptember 19, 2002
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Discussing the Senate's passage of a prescription drug bill and the need for appropriations.
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