Political Quotes

“I rise in strong support of Vitter amendment No. 769, which we will be voting on a little after noon in the next block of votes. I want to encourage all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to come together in a strong bipartisan way in favor of this amendment. It is a bipartisan amendment, and I thank Senators Sanders, McCain, Stabenow, and Bingaman for being coauthors of it, along with me. The amendment is very simple. It would give all Americans another avenue to get safe, cheaper prescription drugs by allowing the reimportation of prescription drugs for personal use from Canada only. Again, it is very modest and very restricted. We are just talking about Canada. We are just talking about, of course, FDA-approved prescription drugs. We are just talking about small quantities for personal use, not big quantities, not wholesalers, not folks in that business. We are specifically excluding biologics. We are specifically excluding things listed on the controlled dangerous substances schedule. So it is a very modest, straightforward, limited amendment, but it would still be real in terms of the relief it would give Americans, particularly seniors, who are so often under the crunch--another opportunity for safe, cheaper prescription drugs. In its form as I have described, this is nearly identical to a bipartisan Vitter amendment that was passed in the last Senate. It passed on a strong bipartisan vote, and I thank Members who voted for that.…”