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House E&C Health Subcommittee Hearing on Healthcare Affordability Offers Opportunity to Advance Real Reform

Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a hearing entitled "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain" that offers another opportunity to advance substantive reform.

CFIF applauds the Committee, and members Brett Guthrie (R - Kentucky) and Morgan Griffith (R - Virginia), for their collective efforts on this issue of affordability.  In that effort, we also continue our own effort to emphasize the importance of avoiding destructive government price controls, which only serve to make lifesaving pharmaceuticals less available to Americans, not more available.  It's also critical to maintain focus on ongoing reform in the pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) arena, which actually can bring improvement, as we've consistently…[more]

February 11, 2026 • 09:54 AM

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The Left's Silence on Iran Isn't Hypocrisy; It's Consistency
By David Harsanyi
Friday, January 16 2026
There are no flotillas on the way to save Iran. No Soros-funded "democracy" groups pressuring Western governments to intervene on behalf of civilians who are being arrested and murdered. No astroturfing movement demanding economic boycotts. When college students returned from winter break last week, they didn't find a single encampment supporting the Iranian uprising against one of the world's most brutal regimes. Nor are there any emergency meetings or condemnations from the United Nations. Member states were busy denouncing the United States for removing Venezuelan strongman Nicolas…
 
The Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Mandates Are a Dangerous Prospect for U.S. Consumers
Whenever federal bureaucrats and politicians propose new regulations in the name of “consumer welfare…
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Is the Middle Class 'Shrinking' or 'Struggling'? The Difference Is Important.
"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists…
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Time to Crack Down on Fraud
Why pay taxes when so much of your hard-earned money goes to fraudsters instead of doing good? Government…
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The Prime of Tough-Guy Progressivism
On Saturday, Larry Krasner, the elected Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia, posted a photo…
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Stop Pretending That Colleges Are Nonprofit Institutions
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Americans Are Unequivocally Better Off Than One Year Ago
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Minnesota Welfare Scandal Is the Fraud Warning Americans Finally Noticed
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Venezuela: It All Depends On the Meaning of the Word 'Run'
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The Geniuses in Congress – That's a Joke
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Notable Quote   
 
"State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November.Who Talarico will face depends on a May runoff between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton -- a race expected to get increasingly nasty over coming months and could hinge…[more]
 
 
— Thomas Beaumont and Will Weissert, Associate Press
 
Liberty Poll   

Many military experts believe that "boots on the ground" will be required to neuter Iran's destructive demeanor. Would you approve or disapprove of that step?