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Gilbert Gutknecht: “If I could have one additional minute, I do want to mention to all my colleagues, we have been working for a year trying…”

On the recordJune 2, 2003
If I could have one additional minute, I do want to mention to all my colleagues, we have been working for a year trying to come up with a bill that would make sense. We think we have it. It is called the Pharmaceutical Affordability Act of 2003. Now, some may not like the acronym; it works out to PHARMAA. But the bottom line is, we think we have come up with language which really deals with the issues that people have raised, ultimately safety. I hope that Members will join me in cosponsoring that bill. Hopefully, if we put enough pressure on all of the people here in this body, we will get a vote on it this year. If we do, it will pass.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Discussing the Pharmaceutical Affordability Act of 2003 and urging colleagues to support it.

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