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Dec. 5, 2023 HELP Committee to Hold Markup on the SUPPORT Act and ESRA Sen. Bernie Sanders
Aug. 29, 2023 Bernie Sanders tweets about Prescription Drugs Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2023 Senate Passes Sens. Cruz, Welch's Bipartisan Bill Targeting Deadly New Street Drug Tranq Sen. Peter Welch
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2022 Tweet - "I have long believed that marijuana should be legalized and those arrested for possession should be pardoned and have their records expunged. The President's executive action today is an important step forward, but much more needs to be done." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 14, 2022 Tweet - "Right now, there are 1,500 paid lobbyists from both parties in Washington working overtime to make sure we don't represent our constituents who are dying and are sick and tired of paying outrageous prices for prescription drugs. What a disgrace." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. Since 2008, the median price for new brand name drugs soared from $2,115 to $180,000 while 3 pharmaceutical companies made $54 billion in profits last year. How many more people need to die before Congress has the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry?" Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Tweet - "The time is long overdue to legalize marijuana nationally, expunge past marijuana convictions and ensure revenue from legal marijuana is reinvested in the communities most impacted by the failed war on drugs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is right. Let's cut drug prices in half by strengthening the provision in the House-passed Build Back Better legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices like the VA has done for years, and pass the whole package with 50 votes next week. It's time to vote." Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 11, 2022 Letter to Various Pharmaceutical CEOs - Baldwin, Maloney, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick, Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 2, 2022 Tweet - "Marijuana should be legal nationwide. All marijuana convictions must be expunged. It is absurd that the federal government considers marijuana to be as dangerous as heroin" Sen. Bernie Sanders
March 1, 2022 Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 11, 2022 Tweet - "8 of the largest drug companies in the United States made nearly $50 billion in profits in 2020, while the CEOs in those pharma giants made over $350 million in total compensation. Meanwhile, Americans pay some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Feb. 11, 2022 Tweet - "Do you know why 1 out of 4 Americans can't afford their prescription drugs? Do you know why thousands of Americans die every year because they can't afford their medicine? Do you know why millions of Americans ration their insulin? I'll tell you why: greed, greed, greed." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Jan. 11, 2022 Sanders Statement on Medicare Limiting Coverage for Alzheimer's Drug Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 21, 2021 Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021 Tweet - "We need leadership at the FDA that is finally willing to stand up to the greed and power of the pharmaceutical industry. In this critical moment, Dr. Califf is not the leader Americans need at the agency and I will oppose his nomination." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 18, 2021 Tweet - "In the last 12 months, over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdose. That's the most ever recorded in a single year and a 30% increase over last year. We are now living through a nationwide crisis of deaths of despair. Our people are in need, and their government must respond." Sen. Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2021 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and Government, the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Calls to Provide Resources, Millions in Support to Nevada Small Businesses Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2021 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Tom Cole, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Neguse, Armstrong Urge Protection of Cannabis Research in Appropriations Process Sen. Peter Welch, ...
April 13, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Latta Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Improve Outcomes for Americans Struggling with Addiction Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 18, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer and Lee Urge President Biden to Pardon Federal Cannabis Offenses Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Senators Call On DOJ To Stop Plans To Make Purdue Pharma A Public Benefit Corporation Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2020 Letter to Mr. Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senators Demand Big Pharma Allow Low-income Patients to Access Lifesaving, Discounted 340B Drugs and Care Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 19, 2020 NBC Las Vegas Democratic Debate Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 7, 2020 Sanders and Maloney Issue Statement on Indictment of Generic Drug Company Exec Involved in Price-Fixing Scheme Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec. 19, 2019 PBS December Democratic Debate Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Board of Directors at Perdue Pharma Inc. - Senators Call on Perdue Pharma to Cancel $1.3 Million Bonus for CEO Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Welch and McKinley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address "Orphan Drug' Loophole in the 340B Program Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pingree Leads Bipartisan Letter to FDA Urging Legal Pathway for CBD Sen. Peter Welch, ...
July 12, 2019 Tweet - "If we can import tomatoes from Mexico, there is absolutely no reason why we cannot import affordable prescription drugs from Canada." Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 21, 2019 Sanders Leads Bicameral Legislation to Hold Opioid Executives Criminally Liable Sen. Bernie Sanders
April 4, 2019 Brown Joins Bipartisan Group to Introduce First-Ever Targeted Fentanyl Sanctions Bill to Hold China Accountable On Commitment to Crack Down On Manufacturers & Traffickers of Lethal Opioids Ravaging U.S. Communities Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 28, 2019 Booker, Lee, Khanna Introduce Landmark Marijuana Justice Bill Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Blunt Rochester Calls on House Leadership to Commit Additional Resources to Opioid & Addiction Treatment in the 116th Congress Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi and the Hon. Steny Hoyer - Make Opioid Treatment a Top Priority Next Congress Sen. Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 24, 2018 President Trump Signs Opioid Packages, Including Four Welch Bills Sen. Peter Welch
June 22, 2018 House Approves Opioid Package, Including Three Welch Bills Sen. Peter Welch
June 18, 2018 Sanders, Welch Announce $4 Million in New Funds for Vermont to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders
May 18, 2018 Collins Backed Bills to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Head to House Floor Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 11, 2018 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduce Bill to Hold Big Pharma Accountable for Opioid Epidemic Sen. Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2018 Welch Statement on President Trump's Prescription Drug Plan Sen. Peter Welch
May 9, 2018 Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Sen. Peter Welch
May 9, 2018 Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force Lays Out Priorities for Trump to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Sen. Peter Welch
May 8, 2018 Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 8, 2018 Faso, Renacci, Welch Introduce Bill to Improve Opioid Alternatives Education for Seniors Sen. Peter Welch, ...
May 8, 2018 Faso, Renacci, Welch Introduce Bill to Improve Opioid Alternatives Education for Seniors Sen. Peter Welch
Date Title Politician
Dec. 5, 2023 HELP Committee to Hold Markup on the SUPPORT Act and ESRA Sen.Bernie Sanders
Aug. 29, 2023 Bernie Sanders tweets about Prescription Drugs Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2023 Senate Passes Sens. Cruz, Welch's Bipartisan Bill Targeting Deadly New Street Drug Tranq Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 18, 2022 Tweet - "The inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 in 1923. And yet, the price of insulin in America has gone up by over 1,000% since 1999 causing 1.3 million diabetics in our country to ration insulin last year. It should not cost 10x more for insulin than it does in Canada." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2022 Tweet - "I have long believed that marijuana should be legalized and those arrested for possession should be pardoned and have their records expunged. The President's executive action today is an important step forward, but much more needs to be done." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 14, 2022 Tweet - "Right now, there are 1,500 paid lobbyists from both parties in Washington working overtime to make sure we don't represent our constituents who are dying and are sick and tired of paying outrageous prices for prescription drugs. What a disgrace." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 10, 2022 Tweet - "Greed. Greed. Greed. Since 2008, the median price for new brand name drugs soared from $2,115 to $180,000 while 3 pharmaceutical companies made $54 billion in profits last year. How many more people need to die before Congress has the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry?" Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 7, 2022 Tweet - "The time is long overdue to legalize marijuana nationally, expunge past marijuana convictions and ensure revenue from legal marijuana is reinvested in the communities most impacted by the failed war on drugs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 1, 2022 Tweet - "Sen. Manchin is right. Let's cut drug prices in half by strengthening the provision in the House-passed Build Back Better legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices like the VA has done for years, and pass the whole package with 50 votes next week. It's time to vote." Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 11, 2022 Letter to Various Pharmaceutical CEOs - Baldwin, Maloney, Hassan, King, Fitzpatrick, Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Group in Calling on Drug Manufacturers to Make Naloxone Available Over the Counter Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 2, 2022 Tweet - "Marijuana should be legal nationwide. All marijuana convictions must be expunged. It is absurd that the federal government considers marijuana to be as dangerous as heroin" Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 1, 2022 Letter to Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senator Baldwin, Colleagues Call Out Drug Manufacturers For Squeezing American Families With Rapid and Widespread Price Hikes on Prescription Drugs Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 11, 2022 Tweet - "8 of the largest drug companies in the United States made nearly $50 billion in profits in 2020, while the CEOs in those pharma giants made over $350 million in total compensation. Meanwhile, Americans pay some of the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Feb. 11, 2022 Tweet - "Do you know why 1 out of 4 Americans can't afford their prescription drugs? Do you know why thousands of Americans die every year because they can't afford their medicine? Do you know why millions of Americans ration their insulin? I'll tell you why: greed, greed, greed." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 11, 2022 Sanders Statement on Medicare Limiting Coverage for Alzheimer's Drug Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 21, 2021 Van Hollen, Warren, Baldwin, Maloney Reintroduce Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 16, 2021 Baldwin, Warren, Maloney Lead More than 100 Democrats in Senate and House in Reintroducing Landmark CARE Act to Combat the Substance Use Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 14, 2021 Tweet - "We need leadership at the FDA that is finally willing to stand up to the greed and power of the pharmaceutical industry. In this critical moment, Dr. Califf is not the leader Americans need at the agency and I will oppose his nomination." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader US Senate - Keep Affordable Insulin Measures in Build Back Better Act Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 18, 2021 Tweet - "In the last 12 months, over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdose. That's the most ever recorded in a single year and a 30% increase over last year. We are now living through a nationwide crisis of deaths of despair. Our people are in need, and their government must respond." Sen.Bernie Sanders
Oct. 6, 2021 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 22, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and Government, the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Calls to Provide Resources, Millions in Support to Nevada Small Businesses Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
April 26, 2021 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Tom Cole, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Neguse, Armstrong Urge Protection of Cannabis Research in Appropriations Process Sen.Peter Welch, ...
April 13, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse - Latta Leads Bipartisan Letter to Help Improve Outcomes for Americans Struggling with Addiction Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Feb. 18, 2021 Letter to Joe Biden, President of the United States - Blumenauer and Lee Urge President Biden to Pardon Federal Cannabis Offenses Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Nov. 10, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Senators Call On DOJ To Stop Plans To Make Purdue Pharma A Public Benefit Corporation Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 15, 2020 Letter to Mr. Stephen J. Ubl, President and CEO of PhRMA - Senators Demand Big Pharma Allow Low-income Patients to Access Lifesaving, Discounted 340B Drugs and Care Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 19, 2020 NBC Las Vegas Democratic Debate Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 7, 2020 Sanders and Maloney Issue Statement on Indictment of Generic Drug Company Exec Involved in Price-Fixing Scheme Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 19, 2019 PBS December Democratic Debate Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 17, 2019 Letter to the Board of Directors at Perdue Pharma Inc. - Senators Call on Perdue Pharma to Cancel $1.3 Million Bonus for CEO Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Sept. 26, 2019 Welch and McKinley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address "Orphan Drug' Loophole in the 340B Program Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 19, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Ned Sharpless, Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Pingree Leads Bipartisan Letter to FDA Urging Legal Pathway for CBD Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 12, 2019 Tweet - "If we can import tomatoes from Mexico, there is absolutely no reason why we cannot import affordable prescription drugs from Canada." Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 21, 2019 Sanders Leads Bicameral Legislation to Hold Opioid Executives Criminally Liable Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 4, 2019 Brown Joins Bipartisan Group to Introduce First-Ever Targeted Fentanyl Sanctions Bill to Hold China Accountable On Commitment to Crack Down On Manufacturers & Traffickers of Lethal Opioids Ravaging U.S. Communities Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Feb. 28, 2019 Booker, Lee, Khanna Introduce Landmark Marijuana Justice Bill Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and the Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader - Blunt Rochester Calls on House Leadership to Commit Additional Resources to Opioid & Addiction Treatment in the 116th Congress Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 9, 2019 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi and the Hon. Steny Hoyer - Make Opioid Treatment a Top Priority Next Congress Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 24, 2018 President Trump Signs Opioid Packages, Including Four Welch Bills Sen.Peter Welch
June 22, 2018 House Approves Opioid Package, Including Three Welch Bills Sen.Peter Welch
June 18, 2018 Sanders, Welch Announce $4 Million in New Funds for Vermont to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 18, 2018 Collins Backed Bills to Combat the Opioid Epidemic Head to House Floor Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 11, 2018 Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Bernie Sanders Introduce Bill to Hold Big Pharma Accountable for Opioid Epidemic Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
May 11, 2018 Welch Statement on President Trump's Prescription Drug Plan Sen.Peter Welch
May 9, 2018 Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Sen.Peter Welch
May 9, 2018 Affordable Prescription Drug Task Force Lays Out Priorities for Trump to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Sen.Peter Welch
May 8, 2018 Schrader, Welch Introduce Bill to Close Billion Dollar Medicaid Drug Rebate Loophole Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 8, 2018 Faso, Renacci, Welch Introduce Bill to Improve Opioid Alternatives Education for Seniors Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 8, 2018 Faso, Renacci, Welch Introduce Bill to Improve Opioid Alternatives Education for Seniors Sen.Peter Welch
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