On the recordJune 23, 2003
Tomorrow in a bipartisan fashion with about six Republicans and six- or-so Democrats, we will be introducing an amendment to the prescription drug bill that focuses on bringing competitive forces to the pricing of prescription drugs so we can make prescription drugs affordable to not only our elderly but our American families. I think one of the things that is missing in this entire debate, in this entire strategy, is how to make drugs and prescription drugs more affordable and more accessible to people. How do you do that? There are three parts to this bill. The first part would bring generic drugs to market quicker so name-brand drugs and pharmaceutical companies cannot employ frivolous lawsuits to keep generics off markets. If you had competition between generics versus prescription drugs, you would bring prices down from name-brand drugs.
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