AOC Would Have Cast the Winning Vote for Drug Price Reform

September 20, 2021

Representative Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) delivers remarks during a House hearing. (Tom Brenner / Getty Images)
When Representative Kathleen Rice was running for reelection from New York last year, the centrist Democrat’s campaign ads announced that “in times of crisis, you see what really drives someone.” What drove Rice, the ads declared, was a recognition of the necessity of “taking on drug and insurance giants to lower costs.”
So when Rice secured a coveted spot this year on the House Energy and Commerce Committee—which has a big say on how Washington can take on the pharmaceutical industry—it was …

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2021-09-18 21:57:00

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