[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 51 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H1490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DEMOCRATS ARE LISTENING

  (Mr. LIEU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LIEU. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss how House Democrats, 
working with the Senate and the White House, are delivering cost 
savings to American families.
  My constituents tell me how high costs are affecting them and their 
families, and Democrats are listening. That is why we passed the 
American Rescue Plan, which allowed Medicaid to limit drug prices 
starting this year.
  We also passed another law, the Inflation Reduction Act, which capped 
insulin costs at $35 a month, and as a result of these laws, the three 
largest manufacturers of insulin have announced that they would slash 
the cost of insulin by 75 percent.
  These are real cost savings for the 62,000 constituents in my 
district who are living with diabetes.
  What are Republicans focused on? The Republican Study Committee just 
released a budget, about 70-something percent of the Members are a part 
of that committee that wants to raise the retirement age for Social 
Security, end Medicare as we know it, ban IVF, and roll back the 
Affordable Care Act.
  The two parties are not the same.

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