Secretary Kennedy: "We now have a President who is a man of his word, who has the courage... he can't be bought, unlike most of the politicians in this country â and he is standing here for the American people."
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- Thank you, Mr. President. Um, this is, uh, this is an extraordinary day. This is an issue that, you know, I grew up in the Democratic Party, and every major Democratic leader for 20 years been making this promise to the American people. This was the fulcrum of Bernie Sanders' runs for presidency, that he was gonna eliminate this discrepancy between Europe and the United States. But as it turns out, none of them were doing it, it's one of these promises that politicians make to their constituents, knowing that they'll never have to do it. And the reason they'll never have to do it is 'cause they know that Congress is controlled in so many ways by the pharmaceutical industry. There's at least one pharmaceutical lobbyist for every congressman, every senator in Capitol Hill, and every member of the Supreme Court. Some estimates, three. Pharmaceutical companies, the industry itself spends three times what's the next largest lobbyist spends on lobbying. So this was an issue that people talked about, nobody wanted to do anything because it was radioactive. They knew you couldn't get it by Congress. We now have a president who is a man of his word, who has the courage. President Trump was taking money from the pharmaceutical industry, too. I think they gave you a hundred million dollars. But he can't be bought, unlike most of the politicians in this country. And he is standing here for the American people. I don't know, there's writers like Lord Elizabeth Warren, or Robert Reich, who are saying that President Trump is on this side of the olec arcs. There has never been a president more willing to stand up to the olec arcs than President Donald Trump. And I'm very, very proud of you, Mr. President, for your courage, or I'll say, because I don't want to be crude, your intestinal fortitude, your stiff spine, and your willingness to stand up for the American people. We have 4.2% of the world's population. We, our country represents 75% of the revenues for pharmaceutical companies. We spend, in our country, $1,126 per capita on drugs. In Britain, they spend about 240. They spend 1/5 of what we do. And this is true across Europe. And the drug companies, Europeans, if you ask them, it may no sense what they are saying. America has to pay for this innovation, or it's not gonna happen. President Trump is saying to our European partners, is you gotta raise the amount that you're paying for those drugs, and pay for your share of the innovation. Oh, that the United States is no longer subsidizing that. If the Europeans raise their, the price of their drugs, by just 20%, that is $10 trillion. That can be spent on innovation. And the health of all people all across the globe is gonna increase, because we're gonna have better products. So I am, I'm just so grateful to be here today. I never thought that this would happen in my lifetime. I have a couple of kids who are Democrats, are big Bernie Sanders fans. And when I told them that this was gonna happen, they had tears in their eyes. 'Cause they thought this is never gonna happen in our lifetime, and we finally have a president who's willing to stand up for the American people. Thank you, and Dr. Rupp.
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