[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1249-S1250]
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SA 850. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:
[[Page S1250]]
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,
INCLUDING $35 INSULIN, INCREASE OUT-OF-POCKET
COSTS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES, OR INCREASE
DRUG COSTS FOR PATIENTS ON MEDICAID, WITH
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, ON TRICARE, OR WHO
ARE UNINSURED.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
increase the cost of prescription drugs, including $35
insulin, increase out-of-pocket costs for Medicare
beneficiaries, or increase drug costs for patients on
Medicaid, with private health insurance, on TRICARE, or who
are uninsured.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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