Posts Tagged ‘Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’
Rhode Island Senators Support Legislation to Lower Drug Costs for Seniors
In an effort to protect consumers and get seniors a better deal on prescription drug costs, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have joined with 31 Senate colleagues in sponsoring legislation introduced by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), on Jan. 9th, to lower prescription drug prices. If enacted, S 62, the Empowering Medicare…
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New Congressional Democratic Caucus Calls for Social Security Expansion
Following President Donald Trump’s claims that the Democrats are trying to cut Social Security at a recent campaign rally in Montana, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Reps. John Larson (D-CT), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), joined seniors and aging advocates at a press conference to announce the creation of the Expand…
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