Jerry has led efforts to protect the health of mothers in the workplace through his landmark bill, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, introduced sweeping legislation to lower exorbitant prescription drug costs, battled extremist efforts to weaken birth control protections, and, of course, has worked tirelessly throughout the entirety of his career to protect women’s reproductive rights, including abortion.
Lower prescription drug costs.
Occurrences
Evidence
"Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars on ads that drive up the cost of their already expensive prescription drugs," said Representative Nadler. "The End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act will lower pharmaceutical drug prices for Americans by putting a stop to these wasteful ads..."
"...the Independent Drug Value Assessment Act will help prevent corporate abuse and ensure that prices reflect the real value of drugs to patients, caregivers, and taxpayers."
"...the introduction of a new bipartisan legislative package that will enhance efforts to lower prescription drug costs by taking on anticompetitive practices employed by large pharmaceutical companies."
"Today, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed four bills to address prescription drug pricing..."
"...introduced H.R. 2375... which will help lower prescription drug prices for Americans."
"...House Republicans have abandoned their promise to lower costs for working families."
The report discusses prescription drug pricing reforms and notes savings from reducing the price of drugs such as Humira.
Assessments
The evidence shows Nadler repeatedly sponsored and advanced legislation explicitly aimed at lowering prescription drug costs, including generic/biosimilar competition bills, broader bipartisan anti-competitive-practices packages, and later drug-pricing reform proposals. He also helped move multiple bills through the House Judiciary Committee. However, the record provided does not show that Nadler secured final enactment of a policy clearly attributable to him that delivered the promised outcome in full during the relevant period. Because there is substantial documented legislative effort but no clear proof of full delivery, the best judgment is partial fulfillment rather than delivered.