WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper, Tammy Baldwin, John Boozman, Shelley Moore Capito, Tim Kaine, and Jerry Moran, members of the Senate 340B Bipartisan Working Group, introduced the sweeping SUSTAIN 340B Act to reform the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which provides discounted prescription drugs to health care providers that serve vulnerable, low-income, and underserved patients.

"The input we have received from stakeholders has been invaluable throughout our process, and the legislation we are introducing reflects that feedback by aiming to provide greater stability, clarity, and transparency in the 340B program," said the senators in a joint statement. "The SUS...