But @HouseGOP’s Extreme MAGA Agenda will repeal those lower costs – hiking prices on seniors to give billions back to Big Pharma. axios.com/2022/09/23/gop…
In a major victory over Big Pharma, Democrats’ new law:
✅Finally empowers Medicare to negotiate for lower drug prices
✅ Caps seniors’ out-of-pocket drug costs at $2000 a year and insulin at $35 a month
✅ Secures free vaccines for seniors
✅ Prevents predatory price hikes
If @HouseGOP gets its way, they’ll repeal these benefits and raise prices for millions of Americans on Medicare.
This twisted logic is just another reason the House Republican extreme MAGA platform is too dangerous for America's seniors and families.
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On behalf of the United States Congress, shana tovah u’metukah!
As families across the country prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Congress joins Americans in wishing our Jewish communities a healthy, sweet new year.
May these Days of Awe provide time to rejoice alongside loved ones: reflecting on the challenges of the past year, celebrating its blessings and preparing for all that that lies ahead in 5783.
For millions, this year has brought the joy of long-delayed family gatherings and the hope of many more to come. But as families around the globe continue to face unthinkable hardship, our responsibility to help repair the world remains as urgent as ever.
Today’s rollout is the latest evidence of House Republicans’ whole-hearted Commitment to MAGA: going all-in on an extremist agenda designed to greatly diminish Americans’ health, freedom and security.
This alarming new extreme MAGA platform threatens to criminalize women’s health care, slash seniors’ Medicare and raise prescription drug prices, and attack our free and fair elections.
But this extreme MAGA agenda is way out of step with Americans’ priorities, who align with Democrats’ vision of putting #PeopleOverPolitics: with lower costs, better-paying jobs and safer communities.
Today is a day of important progress on one of @HouseDemocrats’ top priorities: building safer communities. The #InvestToProtectAct we passed today – rooted in Democrats’ values of safety & justice – takes a strong step to prevent crime, save lives & advance justice.
Led by @RepJoshG & @RepBeatty the #InvestToProtectAct funds our police & includes training for de-escalation & nonlethal force, substance use disorders response, & supporting survivors of domestic violence. This legislation is a victory for safety & accountability for all.
We passed 3 bills to save lives: @RepKatiePorter's sends unarmed mental health professionals for mental health crises, @RepHorsford's invests in effective community violence intervention & @RepValDemings' ensures police can solve violent crimes & advances justice for victims.
Our Congressional delegation traveled to Armenia, an important front in the battle between democracy & autocracy. Throughout our engagements, we conveyed a strong message of support for Armenia’s democracy & security, particularly following Azerbaijan’s offensive against Armenia.
Members of the @ArmenianCaucus Chairs @FrankPallone, @RepAnnaEshoo, and @RepSpeier, and I began our visit by laying a wreath at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial. There, we prayed for the 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children murdered in the genocide.
Congress is committed to ensuring that the truth of the genocide is never erased – which is why, in 2019, we passed legislation to formally acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, which @POTUS Biden echoed with his official recognition last year.
Today, I delivered remarks in Yerevan at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts to make it clear that America stands with Armenia. In the ongoing battle against autocracy around the world, we will always support democracy and freedom.
After my speech, our delegation has the opportunity to speak with civil society leaders at a roundtable. They shared their experiences and we discussed the need to ensure that all can live free from violence & conflict.
During this difficult time, we must have hope. We can find hope in the story of Armenia, which is one of resilience and strength.
We can find hope through the arts, and as the poet Paruyr Sevak wrote: the flame never went off, but through long centuries kept on burning.
Today, I am leading a Congressional delegation to Armenia to highlight the strong commitment of the United States to security, economic prosperity, and democratic governance in Armenia and the Caucasus region.
This delegation follows the 2019 passage of House Resolution 296, introduced by @RepAdamSchiff, which recognizes the murder of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, and following @POTUS becoming the first president to formally acknowledge the Armenian Genocide.
It is the moral duty of all to never forget: an obligation that has taken on heightened urgency as atrocities are perpetrated around the globe, including by Russia against Ukraine.