Pres. Trump, who ran on a platform of lowering drug costs, opposes the measure.
and followed minutes later with a press conference on a modified trade deal between the U.S., Canada and Mexico., seeks to reduce the high prices of prescription drugs by negotiating costs through Medicare and its vast bargaining power.The White House Office of Management and Budget released aTuesday night, saying,"If H.R. 3 were presented to the President in its current form, he would veto the bill.
A woman walks past the U.S. Capitol dome early in the morning on another day of the continued impeachment inquiry hearings into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2019. The Democratic leaders quoted Trump more than once on Wednesday, from when he told a crowd at a campaign rally in Exeter, New Hampshire, in February 2016,"When it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs, we are going to negotiate like crazy."released by the White House last week cited the potential for drug manufacturers to lose money and for fewer new drugs may to enter the market as some of the reasoning for not supporting the legislation.
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