[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 58 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4077-H4078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              INSULIN COSTS TOO MUCH FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, the Affordable Insulin Now Act is a just 
act.
  This personal affliction of diabetes affects millions of families 
every day. The price of insulin is too much for hardworking American 
families, and the Affordable Insulin Now Act is something that is going 
to bring life to individuals and opportunity for families.
  My father died from diabetes 10 days before our son Cristian was 
born. I hoped and prayed that he would live long enough so I could 
present him to his grandfather, but that didn't happen. That is what 
this affliction does. It robs time. It robs the life out of people, and 
that doesn't need to happen.
  For $35 a month--no, not hundreds of dollars--this act will help 
relieve families.
  I thank Representatives Craig, Kildee, and McBath for introducing 
this bill.

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