Byron Dorgan: “I suggested two additions to the managers' package that I hope will be considered. One is country-of-origin labeling…”

“I suggested two additions to the managers' package that I hope will be considered. One is country-of-origin labeling with respect to prescription drugs: Any prescription drug dispensed in the United States shall affix on each dispenser or container of the prescription drug a label that includes the country in which the drug was manufactured. The reason for that is there has been an assertion here that somehow the importation of prescription drugs would be unsafe because it comes from another country. In fact, a substantial portion of our prescription drugs comes from other countries. It would probably be useful for consumers to know that.”