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\"\"<\/a>During his own public forum on the high costs of prescription drugs, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) heard from constituents angry that the Trump administration’s proposal for a revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) contains new language that would help big pharmaceutical companies lock in high medicine prices.<\/p>\n

Constituents told Rep. Blumenauer that, as the newly-elected Chair of the House Trade Subcommittee, they are counting on him to ensure that the revised NAFTA not move forward with Big Pharma giveaways intact.<\/p>\n

Civil society groups also delivered a letter<\/a> signed by a dozen Oregon senior, faith and healthcare worker organizations encouraging him to ensure that access to medicines is protected in NAFTA and any other trade negotiations considered by his subcommittee.<\/p>\n

The Congressman has been increasingly speaking out on this issue. \u00a0In February 2019, Rep. Blumenauer\u00a0tweeted out<\/a>, “Talking to other members, my strong first impression is that there\u2019s a lot of work needed on access and cost of Rx drugs in NAFTA 2.0 to get committee support and House passage.”<\/p>\n

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Then in March, during a Trade Subcommittee hearing<\/a>, he said, “Trade agreements should not make it more difficult for Congress to enact good public policy. A revised NAFTA\u00a0enacted without addressing access to medicine will make it more difficult to reduce the cost of medicine for all Americans.”<\/p>\n

Please sign the petition to Congress insisting that Big Pharma giveaways be eliminated from the revised NAFTA deal.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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