Chairman Rick Scott and Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand highlighted their bipartisan CLEAR LABELS Act in an interview, emphasizing the need for country-of-origin labeling for prescription medicines to inform Americans about the origins of their medications.
Introduce and support the CLEAR LABELS Act to require country-of-origin labeling for prescription medicines.
Occurrences
The hearing emphasized the need for transparency and the importance of the CLEAR LABELS Act in addressing these concerns.
Senator Rick Scott introduced the CLEAR LABELS Act, aiming to add country-of-origin labeling requirements to the U.S. prescription drug supply chain.
Evidence
Chairman Rick Scott’s bipartisan Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base Entity Listings (CLEAR LABELS) Act received bicameral support with Congressman Rich McCormick leading the effort in the House of Representatives.
Chairman Rick Scott led a hearing entitled “Foreign Dependence: How China Captured America’s Drug Supply” to examine how Communist China has pursued global dominance in pharmaceutical manufacturing and how America’s trade, regulatory, and procurement decisions have contributed to the decline of America’s domestic production capacity.
Chairman Rick Scott led a hearing entitled “Truth in Labeling: Americans Deserve to Know Where Their Drugs Come From,” in which he exposed the serious risks of America’s overreliance on foreign-manufactured, generic drugs and announced his CLEAR LABELS Act, legislation requiring country-of-origin labeling for prescription drugs in the United States.
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rick Scott introduced legislation—the Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base Entity Listings (CLEAR LABELS) Act—to add country of origin labeling requirements to the U.S.’s prescription drug supply chain.
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) in introducing the Consumers Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and Legitimate Accountability for Base Entity Listings (CLEAR LABELS) Act to add country of origin labeling requirements to the United States’ prescription drug supply chain.
Assessments
Senator Rick Scott introduced and advanced the CLEAR LABELS Act, including chairing relevant hearings and gaining bicameral support. However, there is no evidence that the Act was enacted into law or fully implemented as a requirement. His commitment and legislative effort are demonstrated, but the promise was only partially fulfilled as delivery on the final policy outcome is not documented.