Political Quotes

“I know of no Member of Congress who opposes testing drugs for use in children. I know of no Member of Congress who believes it is okay that drug safety and efficacy and dosage information is available for adults but not for children. The question is, how much must Americans pay the drug industry to secure this kind of testing? By keeping lower-priced generics off the market, the 6-month exclusivity provisions cost the Federal Government, employer-sponsored health plans, seniors, all of us, literally billions, billions of dollars in inflated drug prices. The Federal Government instead could pay the companies two, three, four, even five times the cost of doing these tests. It would still cost less than 6 months of exclusivity, but that would be direct government spending and we cannot have that. The drug industry and my friends in the majority have made it very clear, if the Nation wants prescription drugs to be tested for use in children, we have to help the drug industry choke off its competition.”