Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton says the United States relies too heavily on China for pharmaceuticals, so he proposed a bill last week that could put a stop to that dependency.
Cotton’s concerns came from the fact that the novel coronavirus originated in China before spreading to every corner of the globe. So he questioned why Americans should continue to rely on drugs coming out of the very country where the pandemic originated.
The “Protecting our Pharmaceutical Supply Chain from China Act” would change how the United States purchases pharmaceuticals from other countries and move the country to produce these medications on U.S. soil.
Cotton further expressed his concerns in an opinion piece for Fox News on Wednesday, written with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, regarding the United State’s dependence on China for pharma products and China’s threat two weeks ago to cut off live-saving medical supplies to the U.S.
David Adams
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