[BwayDems] Fwd: Rep. Nadler Votes to Pass Lower Drug Costs Now Act, Opposes Funding for Endless Wars

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From: Congressman Jerry Nadler <CongressmanNadler at mail.house.gov>
Date: Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:38 AM
Subject: Rep. Nadler Votes to Pass Lower Drug Costs Now Act, Opposes
Funding for Endless Wars



December 14, 2019
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Dear Friends,

This week, while the House Judiciary Committee continued its work on
impeachment, I voted on two major pieces of legislation on the House floor.

On Thursday, I voted in support of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower
Drug Prices Now Act. This landmark legislation will, for the first time,
allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices directly with drug companies to
bring down the cost of the most expensive medications in the country. I
have been advocating for this change for decades, and I was proud to work
with my colleagues to finally make that vision a reality.

The hundreds of billions of dollars in savings created by these
negotiations will be reinvested back in Medicare; perhaps most
significantly, under this bill Medicare will, at last cover vision, dental,
and hearing care. The bill also invests over $10 billion in Community
Health Centers, $10 billion in research at the National Institutes of
Health, and $10 billion to tackle the opioids crisis. The new lower prices
won’t only benefit seniors: the new lower prices will also be available to
Americans who use private insurance.

In addition, this Wednesday, the House considered the 2020 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report. As a lifelong advocate for paid
parental leave, I was thrilled to see the bill included Paid Parental Leave
for all federal employees – a critical first step in finally bringing our
country in line with the rest of the world by providing 12 weeks of paid
leave for new parents.

However, this legislation also would provide $735 billion in defense
funding, increasing our defense spending by $131 billion since Donald Trump
became President. That funding will be used to continue endless wars in
Afghanistan and elsewhere, to perpetuate the war in Yemen, to develop and
deploy new nuclear weapons, to ban transgender troops, to keep Guantanamo
Bay open, and even to allow funding of a Border Wall. For all these
reasons, I could not in good conscience support it. I will continue to work
with my colleagues to ensure that every working American has access to paid
family leave and that we continue to pursue a defense policy that supports
our military and our values.
Sincerely,

[image: Jerrold Nadler]
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