Political Quotes

“I support the effort to provide prescription drugs to Medicare beneficiaries and to lower the costs of medicines for all Americans. Today's therapies are too valuable, in terms of improving health and quality of life, for Medicare beneficiaries not to have prescription drug coverage. However, we must not create new opportunities for counterfeit products, or products that have been tampered with, or products of unknown origin to be brought into this country. The amendment I have offered requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify that the reimportation of drug products will pose no additional risk to the public health and safety and will result in a significant reduction in the cost of covered products to the American consumer. If reimportation is safe and will reduce costs, this amendment should not pose a problem. However, these are genuine concerns that reimportation may not be safe for Americans.”