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Politician
Aug. 15, 2024
Klobuchar Statement on Price Announcement of the First Ten Prescription Drugs Subject to Medicare Negotiations
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 15, 2024
House GOP Leadership Statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Prescription Drug Price Fixing Scheme
Rep. Tom Emmer
March 23, 2024
Klobuchar Statement Following Senate Passage of the Final Bipartisan Legislation to Keep the Government Funded
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
May 9, 2023
New GAO Report Reveals Underreported Taxpayer Contributions to Pharma Research
Sen. Tina Smith
Nov. 29, 2022
Emmer Applauds Passage of Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act
Rep. Tom Emmer
Oct. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Hon. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, and Hon. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State - Klobuchar, Portman Push for Full Implementation of Legislation to Tackle Illegal Opioids Entering the U.S.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
Oct. 6, 2022
Rep. Omar Statement on President Biden's Action on Marijuana Offenses
Rep. Ilhan Omar
Sept. 22, 2022
Tweet - "We need to continue to hold these opioid companies accountable for the harm they caused. At the federal level, I'll keep working to ensure Congress is doing everything possible to bring the opioid epidemic to an end."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 29, 2022
Tweet - "For too long, Americans have paid the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Now that the Inflation Reduction Act is law, help is on the way."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 11, 2022
Tweet - "After a long weekend in Washington, it was great to join @AARPMN to talk about the huge progress we just made to lower prescription drug costs"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 6, 2022
Tweet - "Tonight, I'm staying up late for the millions of Americans who lose sleep worrying about how they're going to pay for their prescriptions. Let's get this done."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
July 29, 2022
Tweet - "Great to have AARP in the fight to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. We will unleash the power of 46 million seniors by empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prices for consumers. This is our moment. We are going to win this."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
July 25, 2022
Letter to Hon. Robert M. Califf, Commissioner of the FDA - Senator Baldwin Voices Support for FDA's Proposed "Life-Saving" Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
Sen. Tina Smith, ...
July 22, 2022
Tweet - "TUNE IN for my conversation on drug pricing:"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
July 22, 2022
At Virtual Press Conference, Klobuchar, Health Care Advocates Highlight Urgent Need to Pass Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Prices This Summer
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
July 8, 2022
Tweet - "Medicare should be able to negotiate prescription drug prices. Full stop."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "The prices of 2 blood thinners millions of Americans depend on have increased every year since they entered the market. This pattern's concerning to @RepKatiePorter & me -- so we've asked the @FTC & @TheJusticeDept to ensure these pricing practices don't violate antitrust laws."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
May 31, 2022
Tweet - "We should cap the price of insulin at $35/month."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
May 20, 2022
Letter to Robert M. Califf, MD, Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration - Senator Baldwin, Democratic Colleagues To FDA Commissioner: Remove All Unauthorized E-Cigarettes From Market Immediately
Sen. Tina Smith, ...
April 27, 2022
Tweet - "Absolutely, @SenatorWarnock . People should be able to get the prescription drugs they need at prices they can afford. Thank you for your leadership on the Affordable Insulin Now Act -- I'm proud to stand with you in this fight."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 26, 2022
Klobuchar, Over 70 Affordable Health Care Groups Highlight Urgent Need to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 26, 2022
Tweet - "Now is the time to lower drug prices and help so many people -- from seniors who worry about the cost of their prescriptions to diabetics who rely on insulin. @SenCortezMasto , @JoAnn_Jenkins , @P4AD & I came together to make it clear: we will not back down."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 24, 2022
Tweet - "Making insulin affordable shouldn't be controversial. It's just the right thing to do."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 17, 2022
Tweet - "I couldn't agree more, @SenDuckworth . Minnesotans continue to feel this burden as well, and it's unacceptable. We must cap the price of insulin."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 14, 2022
Tweet - "A good time for Congress to take action to lower the cost of prescription drugs? Right about now."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 11, 2022
Letter to Various Pharmaceutical CEOs - Baldwin, Maloney, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick, Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
April 10, 2022
Tweet - "I hear from Minnesotans all the time about the impossible choices they have to make--refill a prescription or pay the water bill? Get insulin or buy groceries? No one should be forced to make these decisions. Congress must take action to lower prescription drug costs."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 2, 2022
Tweet - "Still true!"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 2, 2022
Tweet - "Thank you, @RepAngieCraig , for your important work on this bill. I'm proud to cosponsor it in the Senate and am ready to work to get it passed! Let's get it done."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
April 1, 2022
Tweet - "We must cap the price of insulin at $35 per month."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 29, 2022
Tweet - "Capping the cost of insulin at $35 per month just makes sense."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 28, 2022
Tweet - "A friendly reminder that the fight to lower prescription drug costs continues."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 23, 2022
Tweet - "Americans should not have to choose between risking their lives or financial ruin because of the unaffordable costs of long available drugs like insulin -- especially as drug manufacturers increase their revenues from insulin sales."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 19, 2022
Tweet - "A system that allows Americans to pay 250% more for prescription drugs than people in other industrialized nations is just not a system that's working for the American people."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 17, 2022
Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Cap Insulin Costs
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 17, 2022
Tweet - "Americans pay more for prescription drugs than any other developed country. That is unacceptable. I will never stop fighting to lower prescription drug costs."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 16, 2022
Schakowsky, Warren, Klobuchar, Porter, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Providing Misleading Information on High Drug Prices
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...
March 15, 2022
Tweet - "I'm proud to support capping the price of insulin at $35. Who's with me?"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 10, 2022
Tweet - "Remember Joshua from the State of the Union? We need to cap insulin costs at $35 for him."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 10, 2022
Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Romney, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Urging FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes after Six Month Delay
Sen. Tina Smith, ...
March 9, 2022
Tweet - "Want to hear something crazy? The average American spends more than $1300/year on prescription drugs. That's more than in any other country in the world. That has to change."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
March 1, 2022
Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs
Sen. Tina Smith, ...
Feb. 17, 2022
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health - Foster Leads Bipartisan Call to Accelerate Research of COVID-19 Combination Therapies
Rep. Angie Craig, ...
Feb. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - CONGRESSMAN VALADAO URGES BIDEN TO TAKE ACTION TO COMBAT FENTANYL EPIDEMIC
Rep. Pete Stauber, ...
Feb. 12, 2022
Tweet - "We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out-of-reach. Congress must act. Every day that goes by without implementing meaningful reform is a day too long."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Feb. 11, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Joyce Urges the President to Address Threat of Fentanyl-Related Substances Flooding into American Communities
Rep. Michelle Fischbach, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Emmer Joins 116 Republicans on a Letter Demanding Biden Take Action on Fentanyl
Rep. Tom Emmer
Feb. 9, 2022
Tweet - "NOW: @SenSanders and I are speaking on the Senate floor about the urgent need to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Last month alone, drug companies hiked the prices of 742 drugs in the U.S. It is past time for Congress to act."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Jan. 26, 2022
Tweet - "Still true!"
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Jan. 21, 2022
Tweet - "It's simple: we need to reform the system so Americans can get the drugs they need at prices they can afford."
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Date
Title
Politician
Aug. 15, 2024
Klobuchar Statement on Price Announcement of the First Ten Prescription Drugs Subject to Medicare Negotiations
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 15, 2024
House GOP Leadership Statement on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Prescription Drug Price Fixing Scheme
Rep.Tom Emmer
March 23, 2024
Klobuchar Statement Following Senate Passage of the Final Bipartisan Legislation to Keep the Government Funded
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
May 9, 2023
New GAO Report Reveals Underreported Taxpayer Contributions to Pharma Research
Sen.Tina Smith
Nov. 29, 2022
Emmer Applauds Passage of Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act
Rep.Tom Emmer
Oct. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, Hon. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General, and Hon. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State - Klobuchar, Portman Push for Full Implementation of Legislation to Tackle Illegal Opioids Entering the U.S.
Sen.Amy Klobuchar, ...
Oct. 6, 2022
Rep. Omar Statement on President Biden's Action on Marijuana Offenses
Rep.Ilhan Omar
Sept. 22, 2022
Tweet - "We need to continue to hold these opioid companies accountable for the harm they caused. At the federal level, I'll keep working to ensure Congress is doing everything possible to bring the opioid epidemic to an end."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 29, 2022
Tweet - "For too long, Americans have paid the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Now that the Inflation Reduction Act is law, help is on the way."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 11, 2022
Tweet - "After a long weekend in Washington, it was great to join @AARPMN to talk about the huge progress we just made to lower prescription drug costs"
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Aug. 6, 2022
Tweet - "Tonight, I'm staying up late for the millions of Americans who lose sleep worrying about how they're going to pay for their prescriptions. Let's get this done."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
July 29, 2022
Tweet - "Great to have AARP in the fight to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. We will unleash the power of 46 million seniors by empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prices for consumers. This is our moment. We are going to win this."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
July 25, 2022
Letter to Hon. Robert M. Califf, Commissioner of the FDA - Senator Baldwin Voices Support for FDA's Proposed "Life-Saving" Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars
Sen.Tina Smith, ...
July 22, 2022
Tweet - "TUNE IN for my conversation on drug pricing:"
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
July 22, 2022
At Virtual Press Conference, Klobuchar, Health Care Advocates Highlight Urgent Need to Pass Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Prices This Summer
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
July 8, 2022
Tweet - "Medicare should be able to negotiate prescription drug prices. Full stop."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
June 15, 2022
Tweet - "The prices of 2 blood thinners millions of Americans depend on have increased every year since they entered the market. This pattern's concerning to @RepKatiePorter & me -- so we've asked the @FTC & @TheJusticeDept to ensure these pricing practices don't violate antitrust laws."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
May 31, 2022
Tweet - "We should cap the price of insulin at $35/month."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
May 20, 2022
Letter to Robert M. Califf, MD, Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration - Senator Baldwin, Democratic Colleagues To FDA Commissioner: Remove All Unauthorized E-Cigarettes From Market Immediately
Sen.Tina Smith, ...
April 27, 2022
Tweet - "Absolutely, @SenatorWarnock . People should be able to get the prescription drugs they need at prices they can afford. Thank you for your leadership on the Affordable Insulin Now Act -- I'm proud to stand with you in this fight."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 26, 2022
Klobuchar, Over 70 Affordable Health Care Groups Highlight Urgent Need to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 26, 2022
Tweet - "Now is the time to lower drug prices and help so many people -- from seniors who worry about the cost of their prescriptions to diabetics who rely on insulin. @SenCortezMasto , @JoAnn_Jenkins , @P4AD & I came together to make it clear: we will not back down."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 24, 2022
Tweet - "Making insulin affordable shouldn't be controversial. It's just the right thing to do."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 17, 2022
Tweet - "I couldn't agree more, @SenDuckworth . Minnesotans continue to feel this burden as well, and it's unacceptable. We must cap the price of insulin."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 14, 2022
Tweet - "A good time for Congress to take action to lower the cost of prescription drugs? Right about now."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 11, 2022
Letter to Various Pharmaceutical CEOs - Baldwin, Maloney, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick, Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter
Sen.Amy Klobuchar, ...
April 10, 2022
Tweet - "I hear from Minnesotans all the time about the impossible choices they have to make--refill a prescription or pay the water bill? Get insulin or buy groceries? No one should be forced to make these decisions. Congress must take action to lower prescription drug costs."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 2, 2022
Tweet - "Still true!"
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 2, 2022
Tweet - "Thank you, @RepAngieCraig , for your important work on this bill. I'm proud to cosponsor it in the Senate and am ready to work to get it passed! Let's get it done."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
April 1, 2022
Tweet - "We must cap the price of insulin at $35 per month."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 29, 2022
Tweet - "Capping the cost of insulin at $35 per month just makes sense."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 28, 2022
Tweet - "A friendly reminder that the fight to lower prescription drug costs continues."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 23, 2022
Tweet - "Americans should not have to choose between risking their lives or financial ruin because of the unaffordable costs of long available drugs like insulin -- especially as drug manufacturers increase their revenues from insulin sales."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 19, 2022
Tweet - "A system that allows Americans to pay 250% more for prescription drugs than people in other industrialized nations is just not a system that's working for the American people."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 17, 2022
Klobuchar, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Cap Insulin Costs
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 17, 2022
Tweet - "Americans pay more for prescription drugs than any other developed country. That is unacceptable. I will never stop fighting to lower prescription drug costs."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 16, 2022
Schakowsky, Warren, Klobuchar, Porter, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Providing Misleading Information on High Drug Prices
Sen.Amy Klobuchar, ...
March 15, 2022
Tweet - "I'm proud to support capping the price of insulin at $35. Who's with me?"
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 10, 2022
Tweet - "Remember Joshua from the State of the Union? We need to cap insulin costs at $35 for him."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 10, 2022
Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Romney, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Urging FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes after Six Month Delay
Sen.Tina Smith, ...
March 9, 2022
Tweet - "Want to hear something crazy? The average American spends more than $1300/year on prescription drugs. That's more than in any other country in the world. That has to change."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
March 1, 2022
Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs
Sen.Tina Smith, ...
Feb. 17, 2022
Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health - Foster Leads Bipartisan Call to Accelerate Research of COVID-19 Combination Therapies
Rep.Angie Craig, ...
Feb. 14, 2022
Letter to Hon. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America - CONGRESSMAN VALADAO URGES BIDEN TO TAKE ACTION TO COMBAT FENTANYL EPIDEMIC
Rep.Pete Stauber, ...
Feb. 12, 2022
Tweet - "We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out-of-reach. Congress must act. Every day that goes by without implementing meaningful reform is a day too long."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Feb. 11, 2022
Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Joyce Urges the President to Address Threat of Fentanyl-Related Substances Flooding into American Communities
Rep.Michelle Fischbach, ...
Feb. 10, 2022
Emmer Joins 116 Republicans on a Letter Demanding Biden Take Action on Fentanyl
Rep.Tom Emmer
Feb. 9, 2022
Tweet - "NOW: @SenSanders and I are speaking on the Senate floor about the urgent need to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Last month alone, drug companies hiked the prices of 742 drugs in the U.S. It is past time for Congress to act."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Jan. 26, 2022
Tweet - "Still true!"
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
Jan. 21, 2022
Tweet - "It's simple: we need to reform the system so Americans can get the drugs they need at prices they can afford."
Sen.Amy Klobuchar
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