Democrat Ro Khanna Introduces Legislation To Make Trump’s EO On Drug Price Law

This is an interesting turn of events

Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna Introduces Legislation to Codify Trump Executive Order Reducing Drug Prices

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced legislation to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order to reduce the cost of prescription and pharmaceutical drugs.

In a post on X, Khanna shared a video in which he spoke from the House floor, explaining that if he “can cross the aisle” and support Trump’s executive order in legislation, each Republican “should be willing to cross the aisle” and support Khanna’s legislation. Khanna pointed out that the only way lawmakers could “stand up to Big Pharma, is to codify in legislation what the President wants to do in an executive order.”

“Today, I am introducing legislation to codify President Trump’s executive order, ensuring Americans do not pay more than people in other countries for drugs,” Khanna said in his post. “Will Congress members stand with $16 billion in Big Pharma money, or with the American people by co-sponsoring this bipartisan legislation?”

In an executive order signed on Monday, Trump pointed out that the United States “has less than five percent of the world’s population and yet funds around three quarters of global pharmaceutical profits.”

This is a good thing. There are always things both sides can work together on if we want. This is surely something Democrats and Republicans want. At least the regular citizens of the US, since so many in Congress, both sides, take lots of money from drug companies.

But, suddenly Democrats are not happy with an EO

Dems Who Clapped Like Seals For Biden’s Big Pharma Actions Do 180 On Trump Drug Pricing Order

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However, Democrats who previously lauded Biden’s executive orders on pharmaceutical pricing suddenly appear to have a problem with Trump’s executive action.

“This is nothing more than a flashy press release from Donald Trump,” Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote in a Tuesday post on X.

Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden similarly criticized Trump.

“Donald Trump is all hat and no cattle when it comes to lowering the price of prescription drugs,” Wyden wrote in a statement Monday.

“If Trump was serious about lowering drug prices, he would work with Congress to strengthen Medicare drug price negotiations, not just sign a piece of paper,” he concluded.

And then

Perhaps most notably, Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who caucuses and is closely allied with Democrats, demanded that Trump support an upcoming bill he was planning on proposing.

“If Trump is serious about making real change rather than just issuing a press release, he will support legislation I will introduce to ensure we pay no more for prescription drugs than people in other major countries,” he wrote on social media Monday.

Ro introduced legislatation: where’s Bernie’s? And why is an EO not OK?

So far, Ro’s legislation is not showing up in the Congressional record, nor is it on his House website, so, the devil is in the details. Just like the devil is in the details for Trump’s EO, and whether any of this is legal. Also, whether forcing private companies to lower prices is Big Government. Of course, any that took federal money can be told what to do. Because I am conflicted, since Classical Liberalism says that the government that governs least governs best, and that government should take a light touch.

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