Political Quotes

“I just ask the Senator from Minnesota if he has ever heard of the drug Daypro. It is a competing drug that had the same problems going through the FDA as Lodine, the same problems, the same delay. But in the 1996 omnibus appropriations bill, Daypro got an extension. I don't recall the Senator from Minnesota objecting to that extension, asking for that to be removed. But they got one, too. So what we have now is a competitive disadvantage. We have one company with a similar drug, a similar prescription, getting an extension and another drug with the same FDA problem not getting an extension. This is a health care bill. The Chair has ruled that it is within the scope of this bill. So I think what is going on here is, frankly, not a special interest, but simply a matter of fairness that we are trying to address.”