[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 32 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                       Senate Legislative Agenda

  Mr. President, next session, we are picking up right where we left 
off, to pass postal reform so we can send it to the President's desk.
  I have also taken the first procedural step for the Senate to 
consider the Women's Health Protection Act. Across the country, the 
assault on women's healthcare has intensified to levels not seen in 
decades. So the Senate is going to vote, when we return on February 28, 
to take action.
  Democrats will also continue focusing on lowering costs for everyday 
Americans, including by taking aim at the costs of insulin. It is just 
preposterous--beyond preposterous--that Americans with diabetes 
sometimes pay more than $600 just for a 40-day supply of insulin. So my 
colleague Senator Warnock has introduced legislation that will cap 
insulin costs to just $35 a month.
  There is enormous interest in our caucus to pursue this proposal, so 
it will be a priority for Democrats in the weeks ahead. This has long 
been a bipartisan issue. As many as 20 States across the country, many 
with Republican legislatures and Governors, have passed State-level 
insulin caps. There is no reason this shouldn't be bipartisan in this 
body, and I invite my Republican colleagues to join us in this effort.

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