Ted Cruz: “I was an original cosponsor of right to try legislation…”

“If it costs billions of dollars to invent a drug, if you don't have enough patience to justify billions of dollars as a matter of cost, then what happens is big pharma doesn't do that. I was an original cosponsor of right to try legislation which Donald Trump signed. I also am the author of a bill called the Results act, which says that if another major developed country has approved a pharmaceutical or a medical device, and so that's Europe, that's Canada, that's Japan.” (10:55–11:01)

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