Medicare Part D #02 - August 2019

The Coalition to Reduce Spending and FreedomWorks, along with 12 other organizations, have released a coalition letter urging members of Congress to reject the "Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019," H.R. 3877. The text of the letter follows, and the PDF can be found here.

This week, the House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy will hold hearings entitled, “Examining JUUL’s Role in the Youth Nicotine Epidemic.” In the hearing, the Subcommittee is expected to discuss JUUL’s marketing practices and other strategies that may have contributed to the rise in youth vaping over the past few years.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act, H.R. 3930 and S. 2245. Introduced by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), the Maximizing America’s Prosperity Act would cap federal noninterest spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product (GDP).

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact members of the Senate Finance Committee and ask them to support two free-market amendments to the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA). Both introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), these amendments would prevent the U.S. federal government from seeking to lower drug prices by implementing price controls.