Katie Porter: “I drafted legislation to recover taxpayer dollars from…”

“Roughly one in three Americans don't take medications as prescribed due to cost. And every taxpayer gets ripped off when Big Pharma overcharges Medicare for drugs. I drafted legislation to recover taxpayer dollars from pharmaceutical companies that raise prices faster than the inflation rate. It's now the law of the land. Number two, my legislation to raise fees on polluters who drill on public land also became law as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.” (00:32–00:42)

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