November 12, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 180 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                         AFFORDABLE DRUG COSTS

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise my colleagues in this 
Chamber for the support of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
  This bill will make it easier for elderly and disabled citizens to 
get the lifesaving and life-preserving medications they need at prices 
they can afford.
  It would finally give Medicare the power to negotiate directly with 
the drug companies to get these prices lower. Once they agree on a new 
price, this bill would make that price available to the American people 
with private insurance as well as those with Medicare. Then it would 
take some of the savings from these lowered prices and use it to find 
new cures for cancer and other diseases through NIH.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud of this bill and my party's continued 
commitment to people over profits.

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