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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 2 items )  

House GOP Leadership Statement on the Biden-Harris Administration's Prescription Drug Price Fixing Scheme
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * Whip Emmer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and Chairwoman Stefanik issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris Administration announced prescription drug price controls mandated by the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act." "Two years after the passage of Congressional Democrats' failed Inflation Expansion Act, Americans continue to feel the disastrous e  more

Sen. Klobuchar Issues Statement on Price Announcement of First Ten Prescription Drugs Subject to Medicare Negotiations
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statement on today's announcement of the results of the first round of Medicare price negotiations. These negotiations, which are the result of the end of the nearly 20-year prohibition on Medicare negotiating lower drug prices, made possible after provisions based on Klobuchar's legislation to end the ban were signed into law i  more