November 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 182 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                         LOWER DRUG PRICES NOW

  (Mr. CRIST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CRIST. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of lower drug prices, 
because Americans are getting squeezed while drug companies are raking 
in the cash.
  One of my constituents, Mike McKenny, runs a minority-owned, small 
business in St. Petersburg. He works hard for a living, making payroll, 
serving his customers.
  When Mike's daughter Taylor was diagnosed with diabetes, he had to 
pull thousands out of the family's 401(k) and do, in his words, ``other 
creative things'' to make ends meet when the insurance coverage ran 
out. At the toughest point, he paid $120 for a 3-day supply of the 
insulin to keep his daughter alive.
  Mr. Speaker, $120 for 3 days. That is immoral.
  Under the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, nearly 600,000 of 
my constituents will pay less for drugs, some dramatically so.
  End the drug company abuse. Lower drug prices now.

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