Thread by @RepKatiePorter

I'm not afraid to stand up to corporate interests, especially when the health of Orange County families is on the line. That's why I've taken the fight to Big Pharma to lower prescription drug prices—and I'm not backing down. 🧵👇

To me, hearings aren’t just a time to get information from witnesses, but also an opportunity to invite the American people into critical conversations happening in the halls of Congress. For many, the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs is a matter of life and death. (2/8)

During a hearing last Wednesday, I called out a Big Pharma CEO for taking home a *half a million dollar bonus* just for tripling the price of a lifesaving cancer drug. In 2017, that same CEO made $13,000,000—or 200x more than the average American. (3/8)

https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter/status/1311374544830070786

As working families struggle to make ends meet, Big Pharma executives “earn” multi-million dollar paychecks that are funded partly through price gouging. On Thursday, I confronted another CEO about his compensation. He struggled to justify it. (4/8)

https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter/status/1311723496947494918

Later that day, I spoke with @chrislhayes about how Big Pharma's price gouging burdens almost every American, regardless of whether or not they're the ones taking the drug.

Here’s why: taxpayers foot the bill through Medicare. (5/8)

https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter/status/1313201131959574535

I introduced legislation—the Freedom from Price Gouging Act—to specifically crack down on this corporate abuse. The House passed my bill along with other measures to drive down prescription drug costs last DECEMBER. The Senate still hasn't taken it up. (6/8)

Adopting my Freedom from Price Gouging Act is just one step our government can take to lower the cost of prescription drugs and combat corporate greed. I wrote about my bill—and a few other ideas—last year ⬇️ (7/8)

thehill.com/blogs/congress…

Whether it’s writing legislation to crack down on price gouging or holding Big Pharma accountable in hearings, I’m going to keep doing the work to bring down prescription drug prices, because our healthcare system shouldn’t put profits before patients. (8/8)