Billion prescriptions we are have every year in this country are safe, that theyre not stolen, do what they are supposed to do. How are we going to make sure that we can track them from the manufacturer all the way through to the person who uses them. Weve been working on these bills for two years. And lest anyone think that because it was a voice vote in the house and because were close to unanimous consent in the senate that it was easy to do, its not that easy to do. In fact, its worth going through how this happened. Before i say just a word to add to what the senator said about the importance of the bills. The f. D. A. Became involved in the fungal meningitis issue in february of 2012, a year ago, after reports from tennessee that fungal meningitis was tied to a sterile compounded drug. Now, this hits home to Many Americans, because a great Many Americans have been injected in their neck or in their back or in their foot with a drug thats supposed to be sterile and if its not, it
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