William Tauzin: “Current law allows importation. Current law contains 10 provisions to protect the safety of drug supplies in this…”

“Current law allows importation. Current law contains 10 provisions to protect the safety of drug supplies in this country, 10 provisions protecting the safety of those drugs that are imported into this country. This bill that the Members are asked to vote on tonight strikes all 10 of those safety provisions, all 10. I am going to show the Members tonight what we get if we pass this bill. What we are looking at now is a Web site of a Canadian prescription center where one can order prescriptions from Canada right now which would be legalized under this bill, illegal under current law because the FDA cannot verify the safety of drugs obtained on this Web site. The FDA obtained some drugs on this Web site to just see what they could get. I want to show the Members what they got. What they got was this drug. This is a drug called Gabapentin. It is used as an antiseizure measure. It is to prevent seizures for people who have all kinds of seizures with all kinds of diseases. Do the Members know where it was made? It was made in India, not in Canada; and it came to an American over that Canadian Web site. And do the Members know what is in it? Nothing. It is water inside this package. And the folks who buy it in America at these cheap prices we are told they are going to get it for nothing except fake drugs.”