Al Franken actually said...

The U.S. spends more on prescription drugs than any industrialized country, in part because drug prices are higher in the U.S. than in any o...

Americans pay for a lot of the basic research, right?

I would suggest it is very small comfort for the Minnesotans that I visit around my state who can't pay for their pharmaceuticals.

Why do we have to pay--why does the American consumer have to pay more than the Canadian consumer for the same drug?