I'm sorry but these are the left's rules, and because they set them, I'm going to play them. President Biden is not in good mental health. Just this week he forgot the name of the Defense Department and its leader Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Astroturf Campaign Attacks Discount Drug Program for the Poor
An antiâgovernment waste group is helping its Big Pharma funder oppose a discount drug program that doesnât cost the government a penny.
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Protesters rallied outside pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, October 14, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware, after the company stopped offering drug discounts required by the 340B program.
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Each year, thousands of patients at medical facilities that serve the poor are given free or discounted medications through an obscure federal program that pharmaceutical companies are required to participate in as a condition of having their drugs covered by Medicare. Passed by Congress in 1992, the program, known as 340B, has come under attack from the pharmaceutical industry for being too generous to t
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital
Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The House plans to take up the For the People Act (H.R. 1) this week, which the House passed in 2019 as well. The legislation is centered around government transparency and accountability. The House will also consider the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 1280) this week, which the House passed last Congress in June 2020. There will also be numerous Committee hearings throughout the week, including a House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing tomorrow on COVID-19’s effects on U.S. aviation and a House Energy and Commerce hearing tomorrow on the future of telehealth. The Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee will also hold a hearing tomorrow on the nominations of Gary Gensler to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Rohit Chopra to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
February 26, 2021
In his first address on Nov. 7 to the nation after being prematurely crowned “president-elect” by the legacy media, Joe Biden called for “a time to heal” and urged for “unity.” At his January inauguration, President Biden did the same.
“With unity we can do great things. Important things. We can right wrongs. We can put people to work in good jobs. We can teach our children in safe schools. We can overcome this deadly virus. We can reward work, rebuild the middle class, and make health care secure for all. We can deliver racial justice,” Biden said.
Then Biden signed the most executive orders (15) in his first day than any other U.S. President in history notably eliminating the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission to properly educate students about America’s founding. His cabinet nominations also do not spell unity. They indicate the opposite.
President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra misleadingly claimed he never took legal action against religious orders during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.