Gilbert Gutknecht: “There again, the FDA holds that, yes, we have that law. Now, last year in Congress we passed legislation by overwhelming…”

“There again, the FDA holds that, yes, we have that law. Now, last year in Congress we passed legislation by overwhelming votes, it was something like 376 to 25 here in the House, it was 90- some to 3, I think, in the Senate, essentially going on record that we want to make it clear that law-abiding citizens should not be prevented from bringing legal drugs back into the United States, especially for personal use. So, the law, in my opinion, today is not clear. What we want to do with the amendment that I intend to offer tomorrow is clarify the legislative intent so there is no misunderstanding between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA and American consumers that law-abiding citizens who have a legal prescription from a physician do have the right, using mail order, using the Web, using other methods, the telephone, they can call a pharmacy in Ireland or Geneva and be able to order that drug and have it brought back in the United States, so long, again, as it is a legal, non-narcotic drug. That is the amendment I intend to offer. That, I believe, will ultimately level the playing field between the prices that Americans pay and what consumers in other countries pay, regardless of whether or not they have price controls.”