Gene Green: “Generic drugs are proven to be a safe and affordable alternative to brand name drugs.”

These numbers are troubling as we are because even more acute when you look at the existing racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities.

Neither these bills nor the Committee's other efforts have gone far enough to address many of the underlying challenges facing this sector.

I am extremely disappointed that 2 years after the passage of Cures we still do not have the regulations necessary to implement these provisions.

I hope that we can advance this legislation as well.