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On the recordJuly 15, 2003
if my colleague would yield, as a friend of ours once said, if they say it ain't about money, it is about money, and that is what this is about. It is not about abortion. It is not about safety. It is not about anything else but about money. I respect the need for them to make a profit. They will make a profit, but it is clear what is going on here is that the American consumers, the American elderly and American taxpayers are subsidizing the rest of the world, and it is high time we stand up for those folks who are trying to make ends meet, whether they be taxpayers, sick patients, whether they be the elderly, get the prescriptions. It is clear because all those drugs are name brand drugs, same name brand drugs made in the same facility, they are just sold at a 50 or more percent reduction in Canada. In that type of competition your local pharmacist can compete if they had that same type of price, and that is what we are talking about.
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Rep. Rahm Emanuel
Illinois

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Addressing the issue of drug pricing and its impact on American consumers and taxpayers.

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