WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2022: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will lower costs for American families and tackle the generational challenge of climate change. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined in the 51-50 vote for passage. The bill now goes to the House. "Washingtonians are paying way too much for prescription drugs. For example, the average cost of insulin more than tripled   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. will offer an amendment to the Democrats' reckless, more than $700 billion reconciliation package in an effort to protect Americans' current and future access to breakthrough treatments and life-saving medicine by excluding them from federal government-controlled drug pricing. Without Senator Marshall's amendment, the Democrat-led bill will leave the U.S. wit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement after voting against the Democrats' reckless tax and spend reconciliation package: "Since Joe Biden and the Democrats took control in Washington, they've put an enormous tax on Americans through their spending driven inflation. Today, they've once again passed a massive spending bill that contains additional tax increases and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after voting against the Democrats' tax and spending bill: "The idea that spending more money and increasing taxes will be helpful in combating inflation is false and confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office. " Rather than taking steps to curb spending and expand energy production, the so-called Inflation Reductio  more