On the recordDecember 12, 2019
It is important to know that in our substitute we cut the costs of cancer treatment for seniors in half, as well. There is bipartisan agreement on this. In fact, everything in our substitute is bipartisan. It is also important to note that in Canada it takes 14 months longer to get access to miracle new medicines compared to what we have in America. They have 52 percent of the medicines there that we have here. They have 60 percent of the cancer medicines. That means 40 percent of the cancer medicines, the latest cutting-edge ones, the ones we read about and see on ``60 Minutes'' that are curing cancer here in America, you can't get in Canada. I don't want to import that here. And when it comes to reducing access to drugs, basic research is essential. Nobody has done more to deal with that than the gentleman from Michigan, former chairman of the committee, Fred Upton, who led the effort with Cures to get more research in the National Institutes of Health. Madam Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).
