…A: Not Likely
Tenney’s Voting Record Indicates She’d Side with Big Drug Companies Over NY-22 Families.
Late today, Congress will vote for the “Elijah Eugene Cummings Lower Drug Prices Now Act” (H.R. 3) a bill that allows Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for lower prescription drug prices and reverse unjustified price gouging on thousands of medications like insulin.
Past is prologue and given Claudia’s voting record and donor list, we can predict she’d vote against H.R. 3 if she were in Congress today.
REMINDER:
Tenney was rejected by voters last year for prioritizing big drug companies and insurance companies over New York families:
- Tenney voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was a “major victory for pharma manufacturers”, including her own drug manufacturing and insurance donors. These same pharmaceutical interests, which used the tax cut to benefit their wealthy shareholders, are now opposing the H.R. 3.
- Tenney voted for the Washington Republicans’ health care repeal bill, a vote that the Press and Sun-Bulletin said showed she represents Trump more than her constituents. In doing so, Tenney voted to let insurance companies go back to denying coverage for pre-existing conditions. The Washington Republicans’ health care repeal bill was propped up by the same pharmaceutical interests now funding the opposition to the H.R. 3.
- Tenney voted to cut Medicare and Social Security, which thousands of her constituents rely on.
Time and again, Americans say that lowering the cost of prescription drugs is a top priority, and the contrast between the different priorities of Democrats in Congress and Republican candidates couldn’t be clearer.
Now’s her chance to prove us wrong. Claudia Tenney, how would you vote on the Lower Drug Prices Now Act?
“Seniors and working families need relief from out of control prescription drug costs, but Claudia Tenney, who was rejected by voters for putting big insurance and special interest donors first, has been silent on where she stands on the issue,” said DCCC Spokesperson Christine Bennett. “Tenney must say if she cares more about padding the pockets of prescription drug manufacturers or protecting New Yorkers.”
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