Byron Dorgan: “This amendment deals with reimportation of prescription drugs. It is designed to try to put downward pressure on…”

“This amendment deals with reimportation of prescription drugs. It is designed to try to put downward pressure on prescription drug prices in this country. It is not my intention or desire that Americans go elsewhere to acquire prescription drugs. But the fact is that U.S. consumers pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. In North Dakota, for example, there is a pharmacy in the town of Pembina, and if you buy a prescription drug in that one-room pharmacy--”