Today, the House Energy & Commerce Committee holds a hearing entitled "Lowering Health Care Costs…
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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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86,852 New IRS Employees
By Byron York
Wednesday, August 10 2022
You've probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act – the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats – includes provisions to hire 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service agents. The number seems too big to believe. The IRS has just 93,654 employees, according to the Office of Personnel Management. Why would Congress, in one bill, increase the IRS workforce by something like 92%? It doesn't seem possible. It certainly doesn't seem wise. It's not wise, but it is possible. And that is what 50 Senate Democrats, along with tie-breaking Vice President…
 
It's Not a Loophole Just Because Dems Don't Like It
While peddling the ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act on CNN this past week, Sen. Joe Manchin…
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Manchin Flip-Flops on “Build Back Better” Tax Increases
With Americans increasingly desperate for a life preserver, Senator Joe Manchin (D – West…
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The Washington Fantasy World
An odd atmosphere has descended on Washington, D.C. At the precise moment the government announced that…
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The Democrats' Lifespan Reduction Act
Across the pond, Brits are demanding their next prime minister do something to reduce the U.K.'s notorious…
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Why We Lost Trust In the Expert Class
For years, European policymakers had assured the world that the relatively rapid "transition"…
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The Dems' New Proposal Does Nothing to Lower Inflation
The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed…
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The Ukrainian Verdun
Five months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is now reduced to one of attrition. The current dirty…
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Biden’s Weakness Invited Putin’s Aggression
Joe Biden’s shopworn habit of scapegoating Vladimir Putin for consumer inflation and higher gas…
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D.C. Feels Sting of Biden Border Policy
Recently, this column focused on the Biden administration's practice of allowing illegal border crossers…
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Biden Has No Right To Declare a National Climate Emergency
The Washington Post reported Monday night that President Joe Biden is "considering whether to declare…
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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?