{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/sens-cramer-durbin-smith-applaud-inclusion-their-bill-lower-insulin-costs-todays-appropriations", "Sens. Cramer, Durbin, Smith Applaud Inclusion of Their Bill to Lower Insulin Costs in Today's Appropriations Package", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "***Click here for audio.***\nWASHINGTON  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Tina Smith (D-MN) today applauded the inclusion in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 appropriations bill of theirAffordable Insulin Approvals Now Act, a bipartisan bill to speed up approvals of lower-cost, generic insulin products in order to help reduce prices of this life-saving medication for patients. Approximately 7.5 million Americans with diabetes rely on insulin every day to survive, yet the drug has experienced a price increase of more than 600 percent over the past two decades in the United States.\n \nIncreasing the amount of generic and low-cost insulin in the market will decrease the burden placed on patients who rely on these drugs,said Cramer.I am pleased to see our bipartisan bill included in this package, and I plan to keep working to find more ways to encourage competition and free market solutions to the rising cost of health care.\"\n \nRead the full release here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/sens-cramer-durbin-smith-applaud-inclusion-their-bill-lower-insulin-costs-todays-appropriations"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7458535730838776, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}