[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, our colleague Senator Martha McSally, 
of Arizona, announced her support yesterday for the bipartisan 
Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. I like to refer to it as the 
Grassley-Wyden prescription drug bill, reducing prices. Senator McSally 
and I worked together on several parts of the bill. Her Arizonans 
should know that Senator McSally's leadership is making all the 
difference in moving this bill forward. I thank her for her 
cosponsorship.
  President Trump, Vice President Pence, and nearly a dozen Senate 
Republicans have, so far, endorsed this bill. Several other Senate 
Republicans will soon announce their support as well. I expect to 
introduce an updated version in the coming weeks.
  I am confident that, if this bill were to be brought up for a vote, 
it would pass overwhelmingly. Let's not miss an opportunity then to 
deliver real progress for Americans. This always shows up--in other 
words, drug pricing legislation--as one of the three, four, or five top 
issues of the upcoming election.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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