Grassley Admits GOP Won't Lower Drug Prices

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Grassley Admits GOP Won’t Lower Drug Prices

March 16, 2022 at 3:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 69 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/16/grassley-admits-gop-wont-lower-drug-prices/

"SNIP.......

“Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who has previously negotiated a plan to lower prescription drug costs with Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), admitted during a committee hearing it would likely be hard to pass if his own party regained control of Congress,” Politico reports.

He called on Democrats to pass it now.

Said Grassley: “I think you suggested the difficulty of passing something like in a Republican Congress, so you got an opportunity to do it right now, when Democrats and Republicans can work together to accomplish this. If we want to reduce drug prices, then we need to do it now.”

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[Walleye]

1. That is one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard

[IA8IT]

7. Grassley up for election this November. Let's just fix that problem.

[applegrove]

2. Looks like Republicans don't want to face Democrats in 2022

running on lowering drug prices, to me.

[Bev54]

3. What a sad state of affairs, this is a campaign statement for the democrats.

[Rebl2]

6. Definitely

Hope they have a recording of it.

[Emile]

4. Only one thing Republicans are interested in, tax cuts for tax evading billionaires!

[Wounded Bear]

5. Well, d'uh...when do repubs do anything?

“Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who has previously negotiated a plan to lower prescription drug costs with Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR), admitted during a committee hearing it would likely be hard to pass if his own party regained control of Congress,”

That's been true for years upon years. If you elect repubs, shit don't get done, other than tax breaks for rich folk.

[Midnight Writer]

8. Would Grassley himself even vote for it?

This is the crap you end up with when you elect people to government who have no interest in governing.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Republicans are free to vote any way they want.

As long as they vote how McConnell tells them. They are a disciplined bloc. Unlike Dems, with our two wayward souls.

[gratuitous]

10. Will Grassley work on any other Senate Republicans to vote for lower drug prices?

Because you can bet that President Manchin and President Sinema are going to find some rationale to keep U.S. drug prices the highest in the civilized world. Grassley's vote would be welcome, but if nobody else in his caucus votes with him, nothing is going to get done. Talk is cheap, Chuck. Get us the votes.

[kimbutgar]

11. Ads and Billboards boards need to pound him this everyday

commercials and billboards saying he doesn’t want to help the population Iowa with lower drug prices because those drug companies are giving him donations. who does he work for ? You the taxpayer or those corporate donors? The Democratic opponent needs to call him out in debates.