DCPD-202500972 - Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters - DCPD-202500972 | Content Details

DCPD-202500972 - Remarks on Prescription Drug Prices and an Exchange With Reporters

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Subjects: Armed Forces, U.S., recruitment efforts
Border security
California, Governor
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
COVID–19 pandemic
COVID–19 vaccines
District of Columbia, law enforcement improvement efforts
District of Columbia, Mayor
Food and Drugs Administration
House minority leader
Illegal immigration
Illinois, crime in Chicago
Illinois, Governor
Insulin cost controls
Medicare and Medicaid programs
Office of Management and Budget
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Prescription drug costs, reduction efforts
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Senate minority leader
Social Security program
Tariffs
Tennessee, Governor
Tennessee, law enforcement improvement efforts in Memphis
Vice President
White House Border Czar

Names: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.; Bourla, Albert; Bowser, Muriel E.; Homan, Thomas D.; Jeffries, Hakeem S.; Klomp, Chris; Lee, William B.; Lutnick, Howard W.; Makary, Martin A.; Newsom, Gavin C.; Noem, Kristi L.; Oz, Mehmet; Pritzker, Jay R. "J.B."; Ricks, David A.; Schumer, Charles E.; Vance, James D. "J.D."; Vena, Jim; Vought, Russell T.; Young, Paul.

Notes: The President spoke at 11:49 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer; House Minority Leader Hakeem S. Jeffries; David A. Ricks, chair and chief executive officer, Eli Lilly and Co.; Gov. Gavin C. Newsom of California; Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi L. Noem; White House Border Czar Thomas D. Homan; Gov. William B. Lee of Tennessee; Mayor Paul Young of Memphis, TN; Mayor Muriel E. Bowser of Washington, DC; and Jim Vena, chief executive officer, Union Pacific. Secretary Kennedy referred to Domestic Policy Council Special Assistant to the President Theo Merkel and Deputy Director Heidi Overton; and Inmaculada "Inma" Hernandez, Senior Adviser to the Administrator for Drug Prices, and John Brooks, Center for Medicare Deputy Administrator and Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A reporter referred to Rep. Nancy Pelosi. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on October 1.