[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 141 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BETTER PHARMACEUTICALS FOR CHILDREN ACT

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Connecticut, 
Mr. Dodd, and the Senator from Ohio, Mr. DeWine, for today's passage of 
the Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act. I am very pleased to be a 
cosponsor of this reauthorization. The American Academy of 
Pediatricians said it best. They saluted this law which we are now 
extending as being the single most important policy development to 
improve children's health that this body has ever taken. I am delighted 
to be a cosponsor of this important legislation.
  I believe it will help facilitate breakthroughs in pharmaceutical 
treatments of children by ensuring proper testing and dosage. I commend 
the Senator from Connecticut and the Senator from Ohio for their 
excellent leadership.
  (The remarks of Ms. Collins pertaining to the introduction of S. 1570 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.

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