James Talarico

The point is, like, I was open to changing my own mind.

And that goes both ways.

The next session I had filed this bill.

Sometimes I file a bill that I know is not going to pass in a Republican legislature, but I file it anyway so I can at least start a conversation.

Right.

I passed a bill that was actually a Bernie Sanders idea.

Or sorry, I filed the bill.

It was to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada directly to Texas because Canadians pay half of what we pay for the same prescription drugs.

And I didn't think it was going to go anywhere.

And all of a sudden, James calls me and it's like, I just read your bill.

I love it.

I'm a big believer in the free market and big pharma is disrupting the free market.

So suddenly it was me and James Frank.

We got it through the House.

We got it through the Senate.

And we got it signed by the governor.

And now Texas is working on its application to the FDA to import cheap prescription drugs from Canada.

That's awesome.

So it goes both ways of you being open to changing your mind and the other person being open.

And suddenly progress is possible when there's a relationship.