[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 137 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1881]
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  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

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                               speech of

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 11, 2001

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3061) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the 
Sanders amendment.
  I understand that corporations need to pass along research costs to 
customers--when they pay for the research themselves.
  But something is amiss when taxpayers pay for drug research and 
pharmaceutical companies charge those same taxpayers exorbitant prices 
for drugs the government develops and licenses to them.
  This isn't just egregious corporate welfare.
  It's a matter of life and death.
  And it happens every day, all the time, all over America, with drugs 
that treat AIDS, cancer, high blood pressure, and other deadly 
diseases.
  It's enough to make anybody sick, especially those forced to choose 
between treatment and food.
  This amendment would simply ensure that pharmaceutical companies 
offer the benefits of federal drug research at a reasonable price.
  This amendment is a prescription for fairness and compassion.
  NIH should subsidize drug research not pharmaceutical companies.
  I urge my colleagues to support the Sanders amendment.

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