Standing up to big pharma to bring down drug costs, and going after anyone who tries to price gouge Oregonians.
Work to lower drug costs and prevent price gouging.
Occurrences
In Congress, she will continue to work with anyone regardless of party to pass common sense ways to bring prices down and wages up, including standing up to big pharma to bring down drug costs, and going after anyone who tries to price gouge Oregonians.
To require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of a biomedical product or service to enter into reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.
Evidence
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"We need to lower the cost of prescription drugs, hold big corporations accountable for price-gouging..." The page also says Hoyle introduced the Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act, which "would lower prescription drug prices by preventing pharmaceutical companies from price-gouging Americans on drugs that are developed with taxpayer money."
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Hoyle announced legislation to combat price gouging on taxpayer-funded prescription drugs, saying the bill would require affordable pricing agreements before granting exclusive rights to develop prescription drugs or other healthcare products.
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Newest: Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Sep 1, 2026
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Ms. Hoyle of Oregon (for herself, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Takano, Ms. Norton, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Jayapal, and Mr. Casar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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any reasonable pricing formula shall ensure, without prejudice to any other standards or negotiated provisions for reasonable pricing, that residents of the United States are not charged more for the biomedical product or service involved than the reference price for countries with large economies and high incomes.
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Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) reintroduced the Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans.
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Latest Action: House - 05/12/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. This bill has the status Introduced
Assessments
The verified commitment is to require reasonable-pricing agreements for federally funded biomedical R&D. Verified evidence shows Hoyle materially advanced that policy by introducing/reintroducing H.R. 10094, and the bill text contains the reasonable-pricing mechanism. But the verified passages show introduction and committee referral, not enactment or an achieved reduction in drug costs/price gouging. With no enacted outcome and no expired deadline as of 2026-09-18, this remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.
Hoyle made a concrete same-term legislative effort by introducing H.R. 3093, the Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023, aimed at lowering prescription drug prices and preventing price gouging for taxpayer-funded drugs. However, the bill remained at the introduction/referral stage in the 118th Congress and did not become law, and the evidence does not show another enacted federal outcome attributable to Hoyle that delivered the promised result. Because there was a serious legislative attempt but no fulfilled policy outcome, this should be scored as not delivered with an effort badge.