WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Peter Welch (D-VT) today announced a new effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs after Donald Trump broke his promise to lower drug prices for Americans. Since January 1, 2026, drug companies have increased prices for 948 brand name drugs.
"When Big pharma gets richer off the back of a grandmother struggling to pay for cancer medication, the system is broken. That's what this is all about: big pharma execs sitting in their fancy corner offices profiting off of sick, working-class Americans," said Senator Gallego. "We are not going to accept an America where millions of fami...