Raphael Warnock

So all of us have a stake in lowering the cost of prescription drugs?

Health care access and affordability, as you point out, go hand in hand.

it appears that perhaps we are going to get some movement on allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.

I am glad to be chairing a field hearing in Georgia today, a first for our State.

I plan to use today's discussion to help move our efforts in Washington forward.

The policies Senator Warnock has championed will provide immediate relief to all Americans.

Now is the time to get it done.

It is unacceptable that in our country, one of the richest in the world, seniors are making impossible decisions about whether or not to pay for lifesaving medication or other basic essentials.

As a voice of Georgia in the U.S. Senate, I have been focused on pushing through legislation to lower costs on everything, from prescription drugs, to gas, to groceries, and seniors shouldn't have to choose between buying groceries and…

Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act, which would cap out of pocket cost of $2,000 per year for people on Medicare--would have made all the difference for my husband and I.

How would a provision like capping the costs of seniors to no more than $2,000 per year impact the folks that you are seeing on the ground here in Georgia?

There is long, longstanding and overwhelming bipartisan support among voters for allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices.

In addition to the stresses of care, you had the stress of the cost of care?

We can't wait because we are in the midst of a longevity revolution.

I agree with that, which is why I am pushing to get us to be able to negotiate the costs or Medicare to be able to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, as the VA currently does.

I am focused on fighting the good fight for her and for my mother and so many others.

I won't stop pushing until we get it done.

We don't have time to wait. We can't wait.

I introduced the Cap and Drug Cost for Seniors Act legislation to cap annual out-of-pocket costs for seniors at $2,000.

I ask unanimous consent that the following letters be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: April 27, 2022. Hon. Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC…

We came to the Senate on the wave of a multiracial coalition, I think the future of the country. Then on January 6, we saw this violent attack on the Capitol driven by the big lie, and the not so subtle premise that certain voices and…

On January 5, 2021, his youngest son was elected Georgia`s first black United States senator and only the 11th in the nation`s history. What would he think about the attack on the Capitol the very next day? Both say something profound…

I remain hopeful. And I`m not about to give up on our democracy. And it`s the most precious thing we can defend at a moment like this.

I think Georgia, in a real sense, saved the country, gave the country a chance to fight and push towards its ideals.

I think that, in the midst of this campaign, the people of Georgia have a real choice before them about who they think is ready to represent them in the United States Senate.