John,
Democrats won unified control of the U.S. government with a promise to take on Big Pharma and lower the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs. Joe Biden is fighting for it, leaders in both Houses of Congress are fighting for it, but one Democrat is whipping votes against it.
Meet Rep. Jake Auchincloss, who is standing up for Big Pharma’s right to price gouge Americans.
Rep. Auchincloss is a first-year Rep, who took over Rep. Joe Kennedy’s seat this January. He organized a letter with nine Pharma-loving colleagues, telling Nancy Pelosi that they would kill any bill to lower drug prices that Big Pharma doesn’t approve.1 But here’s the problem: If Big Pharma wanted lower drug prices, they could just charge less.
So, it’s very simple: Rep. Jake Auchincloss is blocking efforts to lower your drug prices, and we want his constituents to know that. So we’ve hired a truck to park in front of his (though he hasn’t bothered to replace Rep. Kennedy’s name on the sign) district office today:
We want to keep this truck driving around Rep. Auchincloss’ district until he agrees that drug prices are too high―can you chip in $5 to let his constituents know that this first-year Democrat is already in Big Pharma’s pocket?
Thanks,
Alex Lawson Social Security Works
1 https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/11/key-house-democrats-push-for-a-bipartisan-drug-pricing-bill-could-doom-pelosis-signature-legislation/
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