We cannot let these drug companies continue to target our country, the United States of America, for the biggest and deepest price increases anywhere in the world.
Jamie Raskin
The Public Record
Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.
Drug companies are hiking their prices higher and higher, and placing an even greater burden on the very patients who rely on these drugs to survive.
And James Madison was very clear about this when he said that those who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives.
Your company has made more than $34 billion--$34 billion--from Copaxone but it reported to the committee that it has spent two percent of that on R&D expenditures for Copaxone patients.
The President has failed to fulfill his promise. We are here to keep Elijah's commitment.
Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for calling this extremely important hearing.
We need to make sure that consumers and everyday voices are a recognized constituency group and help build our policy around that.
Your companies raised the price of Copaxone 27 different times since bringing it to market more than two decades ago.
They are furious about it because they say they deplore his politics, and they don't want to be associated with it.
In just a little example, Copaxone cost our constituents $126 a day, which is four times what it costs in Germany.
How can you justify increasing the prices of this desperately needed drug while there have been no investments in scientific research and development while those price increases are being imposed?
Now what Elijah knew is that the only way to really get fair pricing was to have negotiation.
this is precisely why we need to give the government and Medicare the power to negotiate for lower drug prices because our patients and our taxpayers are getting ripped off by big pharma.
But we are told if we put any limits on price increases in America, we will stifle innovation.
It is shameful, absolutely shameful that the FBI chose to ignore the committee's request to attend.
Their mission is straightforward. They are asking for the bare minimum: that our Nation be a place where the lives and deaths of Black Americans matter.
Racism is not new to America. It is particularly not new to Black Americans.
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