Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a hearing entitled "Lowering Health Care Costs…
CFIF on X CFIF on YouTube
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

Liberty Update

CFIFs latest news, commentary and alerts delivered to your inbox.
As Economy Flounders, Obama Focuses on What Americans Eat, Smoke and Drive
By Troy Senik
Thursday, July 07 2011
Delivering his first address to a joint session of Congress in February 2009, Barack Obama told the assembled legislators that his plans for a federal spending binge of nearly a trillion dollars was “not because I believe in bigger government – I don’t.” Rather, he said, the stimulus plan was intended to “put people back to work and put money in their pockets.”  More than two years after that speech, two things are clear: Obama’s empirical projections were inaccurate and his ideological protestations were disingenuous. Indeed, the stimulus plan was…
 
The Return of Liberals’ Fuzzy Math
It would be one helluva entertaining spectacle to watch liberals do back flips with budget numbers if…
Read more...
Why Can’t California Democrats Understand the Importance of Economic Growth?
With California’s new budget that went into effect on July 1, one question comes to mind about…
Read more...
 
ICE Slips DREAM Act in Through the Backdoor
With budgets tight and duties being reprioritized, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Read more...
Clarence Thomas, for the Parents
One reason Supreme Court watching can be a fascinating enterprise is because diametrically opposing sides…
Read more...
 
Obama's Unfocused, Unrealistic Afghanistan Speech
Viewers who were unfortunate enough to tune into President Obama's Wednesday night speech at the wrong…
Read more...
American Exceptionalism: Gallup Worldwide Survey Names U.S. Most Desirable Nation
Apparently, citizens of other nations maintain a greater belief in American exceptionalism than the President…
Read more...
 
Only a Partial Win at Supreme Court Against Globaloney Environmental Lawsuit
The Constitution and the concept of judicial restraint each won one huge victory on Monday in an environmental…
Read more...
“Operation Fast and Furious” – Obama Administration Endorses Guns for Mexican Drug Runners, But Not Lawful Americans

Professor John Lott, economic scholar and foremost authority on the deadly real-world consequences…
Read more...
 
Is Joe Biden More Presidential than Obama?
Say it ain’t so, but with Vice President Joe Biden being tasked with negotiating a debt ceiling…
Read more...
Presidential Debates Make a Mockery of the Democratic Process
Despite all the talk about the deficiencies of the Republican presidential field, there was a palpable…
Read more...
Notable Quote   
 
"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, this week suggested that the panel he leads would hold a markup of a bill to crack down on sanctuary cities in the coming weeks, as major metropolitan areas continue to clash with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.'Sanctuary' jurisdictions refer to states, cities, and municipalities that have declared that they will not cooperate…[more]
 
 
— Ben Whedon, Just the News
 
Liberty Poll   

On a lighter note for a change (unless you engage in fisticuffs over curling), do you generally prefer watching the sports of the Winter Olympics or those of the Summer Olympics?