[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 108 (Thursday, June 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING REDUCTION ACT

  Mr. GRASSLEY. The miracles of scientific innovation have cleared 
illnesses that a generation ago delivered a death sentence to many 
Americans. Dr. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in 1953 eradicated the fatal 
effects of the virus that killed thousands of children in the first 
half of the 20th century.
  I have every confidence that our scientific community will unlock a 
vaccine to stop the coronavirus pandemic. Testing, developing, and 
reviewing vaccines take time, but all of that is well underway.
  However, there is no time to lose for Congress to pass my bipartisan 
Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act. We have the responsibility to 
ensure that pharmaceutical treatments, therapies, and vaccines are 
affordable for all Americans facing this pandemic or any of the future 
ones.
  I yield the floor.

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