Political Quotes

“Unfortunately, it would open our borders to increased numbers of contaminated and adulterated drugs. The proposal to import drugs from Canada would allow drugs to be imported wholesale, often from illegal Internet pharmacies with no protection against abuse or contamination. Also, though this measure is supposed to be about importing drugs from Canada, in truth it would allow drugs to come from countries that don't have the kind of strong inspection and policing of prescription drugs that we have in the United States. Instead of going down that road, we should work to increase the FDA's abilities to protect and regulate our drug supply. While doing so, we should reject any proposals to import drugs from Canada that undermine our ability to ensure that prescription drugs are safe and effective. One last thing I want to mention is there is an amendment that is going to be offered today--or maybe already has been, but I am going to mention this anyway--that deals with generic drugs and concern about the ability for larger pharmaceutical companies to work with and pay off, buy out the generic drug companies so they don't bring their generic version of the name-brand drug to market. I just want to say that we need to be careful what we are doing here. I came out of the Navy and came to this Congress in 1983 as a freshman Congressman. In 1982, 20 percent of the prescriptions being filled in this country were generic drugs.…”