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State of the Union prompts House Democrats to warn of USMCA implications for drug prices

February 7, 2019 at 10:41 AM
Tuesday night's State of the Union address prompted six Democratic House members to warn that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement might “lock in high drug prices.” In a statement after the speech, in which President Trump called on Congress to pass USMCA, Reps. Rosa DeLauro (CT), Tim Ryan (OH), Jan Schakowsky (IL), Bill Pascrell (NJ), Jared Golden (ME), and Marcy Kaptur (OH) made clear their support for a revised NAFTA is far from certain. Other Democrats said the same immediately after the...


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