Political Quotes

“Republicans and Democrats worked together on provisions to bring generic drugs to market faster and to stop abusive practices. We did that on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and we brought this House multiple bills to achieve that goal, and we did it unanimously. We believe our bipartisan work will increase competition and ultimately help lower the cost of prescription drugs. These policies passed unanimously out of the Energy and Commerce Committee. They help consumers, and they have the added benefit of helping the Federal Government by producing $4 billion in savings. Unfortunately, our friends on the other side of the aisle, Democrats, decided to pair these bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with what they knew were very partisan bills that I, frankly, think waste taxpayer money in many cases. We ought to be working together on this, not descending ``into partisan politics on a seemingly bipartisan issue.'' Those are the words of STAT News as reported today. The fact is, when we do work together, we can achieve real results. In the last Congress, we reauthorized the Food and Drug Administration, and we gave that agency the tools and resources to get generic drugs into market faster. It is already working. Our work produced, with the FDA's efforts, a record number of generic drugs coming to market, driving competition, and giving consumers more choices.…”