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July 23, 2024
RELEASE: AUCHINCLOSS INTRODUCES BIPARTISAN PHARMACISTS FIGHT BACK ACT TO CRACK DOWN ON PREDATORY DRUG PRICING
Today, U.S. Representatives Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) and Diana Harshbarger (R, TN-01) introduced the Pharmacists Fight Back Act to tackle the manipulative practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) - the middlemen of drug pricing. PBMs are directly responsible for driving up drug costs, gouging community pharmacists, and limiting patient choice in federal healthcare plans. This bipartisan legislation is currently the most comprehensive PBM reform ever introduced at the federal level. Pat… Continue Reading
June 21, 2024RELEASE: AUCHINCLOSS APPOINTED CO-CHAIR OF NEW BIPARTISAN FENTANYL POLICY WORKING GROUP
— Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (MI-02) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) announced Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) as the Co-Chairman of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party’s new Fentanyl Policy Working Group. Auchincloss will lead the Fentanyl Policy Working Group alongside Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04). The Policy Working Group (PWG) will be focused on combating the Chinese Communist Party's role in the fentanyl … Continue Reading
June 04, 2024STATEMENT: Auchincloss votes no on H.R. 8282 - Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act of 2023
I condemn the ICC’s seeking of arrest warrants for Israeli leadership. Today I voted against H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, an overly broad and inappropriate response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s request for warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant. As I have previously said, the ICC’s implication of moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas bankrupts the credibility of any other finding in its investigation. Israel is an… Continue Reading
In The News
June 10, 2024
Massachusetts warns patients over ‘unconscionable’ crisis pregnancy centers
The Bay State has launched a new public awareness ad campaign aimed at warning pregnant patients to avoid so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which officials say use deception and fear to steer people away from an abortion. Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Robbie Goldstein said the state hopes to inform residents about the dangers of “Anti-Abortion Centers,” which he said often disguise themselves as medical facilities even if they aren’t licensed to provide medical care and may use… Continue Reading
June 06, 2024The Commonwealth of Possible
The 2024 State of Possible Conference was charged with anticipation from beginning to end - excitement to hear from industry leaders and key decisionmakers, and a palpable eagerness to get back out there and continue leading the world in the discovery of life-saving therapies. The policy conversations led by Governor Maura Healey and Congressman Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional district touted the focus and intentional investment Massachusetts used to pursue the life sciences… Continue Reading
May 19, 2024House Democrat says cutting federal funds for Harvard ‘needs to be on the table’
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday said cutting federal funds for Harvard University and other schools should be an option “on the table” over their handling of campus antisemitism. Auchincloss, who is an alum of Harvard, visited the Ivy League school earlier this month amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and argued the school’s handling of antisemitism might violate federal law. When asked on “Fox News Sunday” if he believes Harvard should lose federal funding, Auchincloss said,… Continue Reading