Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
November 20, 2025
Latest Action
November 20, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Frank Pallone, Jr.Democratic(NJ)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 2 new cosponsors · 0 votes
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2026 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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FY 2026 Appropriations for Specific Issues ---Alternative Funding Programs ---Antimicrobial Resistance (General) ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Drug Pricing ---Pandemic Preparedness - R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Vaccines and Infectious Diseases 340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.5256: 340B ACCESS Act ---H.R.9504: Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act ---H.R.9599: SECURE 340B Act ---S.5244: SUSTAIN 340B Act ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---Rebate Models Accelerated Approval Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biosimilars ---H.R.10628/S.5571: Biosimilars Access and Affordability Act ---S.1954: Biosimilars Red Tape Elimination Act ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution Cell & Gene Therapy ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.7871/S.1637: MVP Act Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---H.R.8413: SECURE Data Act Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Compounded Medicines ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.43/H.R.6485: Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Patent Thickets ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.946: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.1492/S.832: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---PBM Reform Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---Regulatory Harmonization Medicaid ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---CMMI (GENEROUS Model) ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Most Favored Nation in Medicaid ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Opioid Crisis ---Coverage and Reimbursement Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.1414: Cameron's Law ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---H.R.10359: Priority for Pediatric Cures Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.864/H.R.6423: HELP Copays Act ---CMMI Authority ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Protected Classes ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Adult Immunization ---Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety and Quality ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
Client expense: $2,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE
2026 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - H.R. 6166, Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Issues pertaining to CMS Coverage of APS in LTC Issues pertaining to Medicares Six Protected Classes policy Medicare Part D Smoothing Benefit - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations Orphan drug exclusion in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 946 & S. 1862, ORPHAN Cures Act Small molecule discrepancy in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 1492 & S. 832, The EPIC Act Issues pertaining to the Most Favored Nation drug price setting policy - H.R. 7837, Most Favored Patient Act of 2026 Issues pertaining to migraine screening for women in Medicare - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations Issues pertaining to prior authorization - HR 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 6166, the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act would extend the drug price negotiation program to all Americans including those with private coverage S. 939, the Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act would expand Medicare to cover dentures and comprehensive vision care, including eye exams and prescription eyeglasses. Additionally, it would expand Medicare to provide comprehensive hearing care to all Medicare recipients with moderate or profound hearing loss including prescription hearing aids and provide preventive and procedural dental care to all Medicare recipients to cover cleanings, x-rays and fillings. H.R. 4849/S. 2556, the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act would reverse the cuts to both Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act that resulted from the passage of H.R. 1 Issues around the effects of the OBBB on the rising costs of Healthcare
Client expense: $431,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · second_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - H.R. 6166, Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Issues pertaining to CMS Coverage of APS in LTC Issues pertaining to Medicares Six Protected Classes policy Medicare Part D Smoothing Benefit - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations Orphan drug exclusion in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 946 & S. 1862, ORPHAN Cures Act Small molecule discrepancy in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 1492 & S. 832, The EPIC Act Issues pertaining to the Most Favored Nation drug price setting policy - H.R. 7837, Most Favored Patient Act of 2026 Issues pertaining to migraine screening for women in Medicare - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations Issues pertaining to prior authorization - HR 3514, Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Health Issues
CMMI GENEROUS Demo Medicare Part B ASP compliance FDA modernization policy Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- with specific focus on drug negotiation (orphan drug exemption language) BIOSECURE Act implementation Issues related to the Medicare title in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Issues related to the IRA definition of a drug for purposes of price negotiation selection Duplicate discounts as required by IRA Issues related to direct-to-consumer drug delivery policy options Issues related to expanding/amending the orphan drug exclusion in IRA Issues related to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform Issues related to mitigation of 340B Issues related to 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program for IRA compliance Issues related to next generation propellant and PFAS Issues related to the US manufacturing of pharmaceuticals Issues related to the price and manufacture of inhaled medicines Issues related to environmental sustainability Issues related to the development of novel therapies including cell therapy and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) Issues related to vaccine access and vaccine R&D Issues related to FDA Orange Book patent listings Issues related to the recruitment of patients for clinical trials Issues related to most-favored nations drug pricing proposals General issues related to rare disease and orphan drugs General issues related to health equity in rare disease and clinical trials General issues related to vaccine safety, efficacy, and access General issues related to ACIP recommendations Policies related to international reference pricing for pharmaceuticals Pediatric rare disease priority review voucher Reauthorization of the pediatric priority review voucher program HR 946/S 1862, Optimizing Research Progress Hope and New Cures (ORPHAN Cures) Act HR 1262/ S 932, Give Kids A Chance Act HR 4132/S 2027, Prescription Information Modernization Act HR 6166, the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act
Client expense: $2,280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2026 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
FY 2026 Appropriations for Specific Issues ---Alternative Funding Programs ---Antimicrobial Resistance (General) ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Drug Pricing ---Pandemic Preparedness - R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Vaccines and Infectious Diseases 340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Rebate Rule ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Antimicrobial Resistance Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biosimilars ---Biosimilars Competition (General) ---Biosimilar Copay ---Biosimilars Red Tape Elimination Act ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution Cell & Gene Therapy Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---Data Privacy Working Group Draft Drug Evaluation and Review ---FDA Hiring Staffing Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Compounded Medicines ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---H.R.3269/S.2276: Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act ---S.43/H.R.6485: Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.1492: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing Related Provisions ---Implementation of ORPHAN Cures Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---International Pricing Policies ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---PBM Reform ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act ---Tariffs Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Medicaid ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---CMMI (GENEROUS Model) ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Encouraging Innovation Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act ---International Pricing Policies ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Most Favored Nation in Medicaid ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2027 ---NSCEB Recommendations Opioid Crisis ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---Implementation of ORPHAN Cures Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit ---Pediatric Priority Review Voucher Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Supply Chain Issues Precision Medicine Initiative Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.864/H.R.6423: HELP Copays Act ---340B Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---National Coverage Determination ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-based Contracting and Communications ---H.R.5391/S.2764: Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Adult Immunization ---Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety and Quality ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
2026 · first_quarter · Health Issues
FY 2026 Appropriations for Agencies ---Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) ---Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) ---Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ---Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) ---Food & Drug Administration (FDA) ---Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---National Institutes of Health (NIH) FY 2026 Appropriations for Specific Issues ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act ---Alternative Funding Programs ---Antimicrobial Resistance (General) ---Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---CICP ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Drug Pricing ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Funding for Women's Health Research ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ---Influenza Planning & Response ---MCM PRV Reauthorization ---Pandemic Preparedness -R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Pediatric Priority Review Voucher ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VIII Implementation ---Project Bioshield ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Section 317 Immunization Program ---Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Rebate Rule ---Program Implementation & Oversight Accelerated Approval Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---Disease X Act ---Gain of function (Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act, SAFE Risky Research Act) ---Implementation of BIOSECURE Act ---MCM PRV Program Reauthorization ---National Defense Authorization Act 2027 ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---Risky Research Review Act ---VICP Loopholes ---White House National Biodefense Strategy ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---Biosimilars Competition (General) ---Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Purple Book Draft Legislation ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---American Privacy Rights Act ---Clinical Trial Data in China ---Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act (Draft) ---Data Privacy Working Group Draft ---Implementation of BIOSECURE Act Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine Regulation and Oversight Diversity & Inclusion ---Decentralized Clinical Trials Drug Evaluation and Review ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---Promising Pathway Act ---PDUFA VII Implementation ---PDUFA VIII Negotiations Drug Importation Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Compounding Pharmacies ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability ---Contract Manufacturing Ecosystem in the United States Drug Patenting ---H.R.3269/S.2276: Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition (ETHIC) Act ---H.R.6485/S.43: Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1041: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---S.2658: Medication Affordability and Patient Integrity Act ---Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act Drug Pricing ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.832: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---H.R. 5391/S. 2764 Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1302: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---CMMI Authority ---DRUG Act ---Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act ---Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Implementation of ORPHAN Cures Act ---International Pricing Policies ---Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---National Coverage Determination ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Tariffs Efforts to Expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Law ---Implementation of BIOSECURE Act Generic Drug Entry ---H.R.6485/S.43: Skinny Labels, Big Savings Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1302: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing ---FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025 ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---CMMI (GENEROUS Model) ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Drug Benefit Design ---International Pricing Policies ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals ---Pricing and Rebates ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies National Defense ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2027 National Security ---S.3741: Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act of 2026 ---Clinical Trial Data in China ---CMMI: GLOBE and GUARD Models ---Implementation of BIOSECURE Act ---International Pricing Policies ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---NSC/OSTP priorities ---Nucleic acid synthesis security and biotechnology governance ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals Opioid Crisis ---Coverage and Reimbursement ---Non-Opioid Analgesics Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act ---S.705: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2025 ---Implementation of ORPHAN Cures Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit ---Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act ---Pediatric Priority Review Voucher Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Supply Chain Issues ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act ---Pediatric Priority Review Voucher ---Rare Disease Pilot Program Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.864/H.R.6423: HELP Copays Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments ---340B Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---SAFE STEP Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-Based Contracting and Communications Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Adult Immunization ---Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---National Coverage Determination ---PASTEUR ACT ---SAFE STEP Act ---Vaccine Access Improvement Act ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
2026 · first_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
Issues pertaining to the 340B Drug Discount Program - H.R. 5256, 340B ACCESS Act; H.R.4581 & S. 2372, 340B PATIENTS Act of 2025 Issues pertaining to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - H.R. 6166, Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Issues pertaining to Pharmacy Benefit Managers - S.3345, PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act; H.R.4317, PBM Reform Act of 2025 Issues pertaining to CMS Coverage of APS in LTC Issues pertaining to Medicares Six Protected Classes policy Medicare Part D Smoothing Benefit - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations Orphan drug exclusion in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 946 & S. 1862, ORPHAN Cures Act Small molecule discrepancy in the Inflation Reduction Act - H.R. 1492 & S. 832, The EPIC Act Issues pertaining to the Most Favored Nation drug price setting policy - H.R. 7837, Most Favored Patient Act of 2026 Issues pertaining to migraine screening for women in Medicare - FY 2026 and FY2027 Labor-HHS Appropriations
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2025 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3492- Protect Children's Innocence Act Addressing Rising Health Care Costs S 2954- Health Care Workforce Expansion Act HR 6166- Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nomination for HHS, oppose Dr. Mehmet Oz for CMS Administration, oppose S 46, HR 247- Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 S 750, HR 1683- Protecting America's Seniors Access to Care Act HR 2528- Association Health Care Plans Act HR 3415, S 1709- Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety HR 5145- Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act S 2824- Bill to extend ACA tax credits (2 years) HR 4849, S 2556- Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 HR 5228- HCBS Worker Protect Act HR 6703- Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act S 3385- Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 3971, S 3396- Domestic Worker Bill of Rights SJ Res 82, HJ Res 25- Richardson Waiver Congressional Review Act House discharge No. 10- Jeffries ACA discharge petition
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2025 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
FY 2026 Appropriations for Agencies ---ASPR ---Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ---FDA ---Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ---HHS Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy ---National Institutes of Health FY 2026 Appropriations for Specific Issues ---Alternative Funding Programs ---Antimicrobial Resistance (General) ---Biodefense/Biomedical/Emergency Preparedness Research, Development and Procurement ---CICP ---Creating Hope Reauthorization Act ---Drug Pricing ---Funding for Strategic National Stockpile ---Influenza Planning & Response ---MCM PRV Reauthorization ---Pandemic Preparedness -R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---PPRV ---Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VIII Implementation ---Project Bioshield ---Reauthorization of PAHPA ---Section 317 Immunization Program ---Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 340B Drug Discount Program ---H.R.5256: 340B ACCESS Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---340B Accountability Act ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biodefense Research, Development and Procurement Issues (Non-Funding) ---BIOSECURE Act ---House GOP RFI on Supply Chain ---MCM PRV Program Reauthorization ---National Defense Authorization Act 2026 ---Reasonable Pricing Clauses in BARDA Contracts ---Reauthorization of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing (PAHPA) ---State Strategic Stockpile Act ---Synthetic Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening ---VICP Loopholes ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Biosimilars ---Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---Interchangeability and Pharmacy Substitution ---Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---BIOSECURE Act ---Clinical Trial Data in China Drug Evaluation and Review ---FDA Hiring Flexibility ---PDUFA VIII Negotiations ---Promising Pathway Act Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Compounding Pharmacies ---Contract Manufacturing Ecosystem in the United States ---Drug Shortages ---Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.1041: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---S.2658: Medication Affordability and Patient Integrity Act ---A bill to address patent thickets ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---S.832: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---S.1095: Stop STALLING Act ---S.1096: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act ---S.1097: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act ---S.1302: Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Application ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Biologics Competition Act ---Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act ---CMMI Authority ---COVID-19 Pricing-Related Provisions ---DRUG Act ---Ensuring Access to Generic Medications Act ---Ensuring Timely Access to Generics ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act ---Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act ---Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Proposals ---National Coverage Determination ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Efforts to expand the Bio Economy & Bio Manufacturing Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws ---BIOSECURE Act Generic Drug Entry ---Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act ---Generic Drug Application Review Reforms ---Incentives for Generic Entry Issues Relating to Medical Research and Animal Testing ---FDA Modernization Act 3.0 Medicaid ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2025 ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Coverage of Accelerated Approval Products ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Rule ---The Medicaid VBPs for Patients (MVP) Act ---Pricing and Rebates ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 National Security ---BIOSECURE Act ---Clinical Trial Data in China ---Most Favored Nation Pricing Opioid Crisis ---SUPPORT Act Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.946/S.1862: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act ---S.705: Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2025 ---Finding Orphan-Disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit ---Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Supply Chain Issues ---Temporarily Refundable R&D Credit ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review ---H.R.1262/S.932 Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.864/H.R.6423: HELP Copays Act ---Access to Innovative Treatments ---Administrative Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Lower Costs, More Transparency Act ---Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Smoothing ---Prescription Drug Price Relief Act ---Protected Classes ---SAFE STEP Act ---Step Therapy ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Access to Innovative Treatments Act ---Adult Immunization ---Let Injured Americans Be Legally Empowered (LIABLE) Act ---Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act ---Maternal Immunization ---MCM Manufacturing & Capacity ---MCM R&D Incentives ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---PASTEUR ACT ---SAFE STEP Act ---Vaccine Access Improvement Act ---Vaccine and Antimicrobial Resistance Product Development and Incentives ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Quality Measure ---Vaccine Safety ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
2025 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
FY 2026 Appropriations for Specific Issues ---Alternative Funding Programs ---Antimicrobial Resistance (General) ---Drug Pricing ---Pandemic Preparedness - R&D Funding for Medical Countermeasures ---Vaccines and Infectious Diseases 340B Drug Discount Program ---340B Rebate Pilot Program ---Executive Order on Access to Affordable Life-Saving Medications ---Program Implementation & Oversight ---PROTECT 340B Act ---SUSTAIN 340B Act Accelerated Approval Antimicrobial Resistance Artificial Intelligence (AI) Alternative Funding Programs Biosimilars ---Biosimilar Copay ---Biosimilars Red Tape Elimination Act ---Reimbursement Cell & Gene Therapy ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act Clinical Trial Data in China Data Privacy ---Bio COMPETES (Draft) Drug Evaluation and Review ---FDA Hiring Flexibility Drug Manufacturing, Quality & Distribution ---Advanced Manufacturing ---Compounded Medicines ---Drug Shortages ---Supply Chain Integrity and Traceability Drug Patenting ---Restrictions on Intellectual Property Rights Drug Pricing ---H.R.946/S.1862: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.1492: Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act ---H.R.1672: Maintaining Investments and New Innovation (MINI) Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---S.527: Prescription Pricing for the People Act ---CMMI Authority ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Most Favored Nation Pricing ---Patient Cost-Sharing and Implementation ---PBM Reform ---Strengthening Innovation in Medicare and Medicaid Act Foreign Drug Data Protection Laws Medicaid ---H.R.6166: Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act ---S.526: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act ---Alternative Payment Arrangements for Gene Therapies ---Average Manufacturer Price Calculations ---Drug Benefit Design ---Medicaid Drug Rebate Program ---Most Favored Nation in Medicaid ---Pricing and Rebates ---Vaccine Access ---Vaccines for Children Program ---Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Rule National Defense ---National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 ---NSCEB Recommendations Opioid Crisis ---Non-Opioid Analgesics ---SUPPORT Act Orphan Drug Issues ---H.R.946/S.1862: ORPHAN Cures Act ---H.R.1262/S.932: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act ---Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 ---Orphan Drug Tax Credit ---Pediatric Priority Review Voucher Program Reauthorization Pandemic Preparedness ---Drug Supply Chain Management ---Medical Countermeasure Priority Review Voucher Reauthorization ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---Supply Chain Issues ---WHO Pandemic Preparedness Accord Precision Medicine Initiative Reimbursement and Coverage of Innovative Products ---S.864/H.R.6423: HELP Copays Act ---Administration Rebate Rule ---CMMI Authority ---Medicare Part B Physician-Administered Products ---Support of Patient Premiums and Cost-Sharing Obligations Vaccines and Infectious Diseases ---Adult Immunization ---Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program ---Implementation of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 2020 ---Maternal Immunization ---Monoclonal Antibody Coverage and Utilization ---National Coverage Determination ---Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ---Vaccine Safety and Quality ---Vaccine Safety Net and Vaccine Infrastructure ---Value of Vaccines and Vaccine Confidence
2025 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Issues related to the Medicare title in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act HR 946/S 1862, Optimizing Research Progress Hope and New Cures (ORPHAN Cures) Act HR 1262/ S 932, Give Kids A Chance Act HR 4132/S 2027, Prescription Information Modernization Act BIOSECURE Act H.R.6166, the Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- with specific focus on drug negotiation (orphan drug exemption language); consideration of small molecule drugs, biologics, and genetically targeted technologies; duplicate discounts as required by IRA; Policies related to the definition of a qualifying single source drug under the IRA; Issues related to the IRA definition of a drug for purposes of price negotiation selection; Issues related to expanding/amending the orphan drug exclusion in IRA Issues related to pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform; Policies related to 340B rebate model for IRA compliance; Issues related to mitigation of 340B; Issues related to 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program Issues related to the price and manufacture of inhaled medicines Pediatric rare disease priority review voucher Reauthorization of the pediatric priority review voucher program Education to Hill staff on next generation propellant and PFAS Issues related to next generation propellant and PFAS Issues related to drug pricing Policies related to international reference pricing for pharmaceuticals Issues related to the US manufacturing of pharmaceuticals Issues related to direct-to-consumer drug delivery policy options General issues related to vaccine safety, efficacy, and access Issues related to vaccine access and vaccine R&D General issues related to rare disease and orphan drugs General issues related to health equity in rare disease and clinical trials General issues related to ACIP recommendations FDA modernization policy issues Issues related to FDA Orange Book patent listings Issues related to the ARPA-H HEROES program Issues related to environmental sustainability Issues related to the development of novel therapies including cell therapy and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) Issues related to the recruitment of patients for clinical trials Issues related to use of AI in R&D and manufacturing
2025 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
HR 3492- Protect Children's Innocence Act Addressing Rising Health Care Costs S 2954- Health Care Workforce Expansion Act HR 6166- Lowering Drug Costs for American Families Act Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nomination for HHS, oppose Dr. Mehmet Oz for CMS Administration, oppose S 46, HR 247- Health Care Affordability Act of 2025 S 750, HR 1683- Protecting America's Seniors Access to Care Act HR 2528- Association Health Care Plans Act HR 3415, S 1709- Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety HR 5145- Bipartisan Premium Tax Credit Extension Act S 2824- Bill to extend ACA tax credits (2 years) HR 4849, S 2556- Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 HR 5228- HCBS Worker Protect Act HR 6703- Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act S 3385- Lower Health Care Costs Act HR 3971, S 3396- Domestic Worker Bill of Rights SJ Res 82, HJ Res 25- Richardson Waiver Congressional Review Act House discharge No. 10- Jeffries ACA discharge petition
Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
| Democratic |
| MD |
| Becca Balint | Democratic | VT |
| Chellie Pingree | Democratic | ME |
| Christopher R. Deluzio | Democratic | PA |
| Daniel S. Goldman | Democratic | NY |
| Debbie Dingell | Democratic | MI |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Dina Titus | Democratic | NV |
| Doris O. Matsui | Democratic | CA |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Emily Randall | Democratic | WA |
| Eugene Simon Vindman | Democratic | VA |
| Frederica S. Wilson | Democratic | FL |
| Greg Landsman | Democratic | OH |
| Haley M. Stevens | Democratic | MI |
| Ilhan Omar | Democratic | MN |
| Jahana Hayes | Democratic | CT |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | Democratic | IL |
| Jennifer L. McClellan | Democratic | VA |
| Jim Costa | Democratic | CA |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | CT |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| John W. Mannion | Democratic | NY |
| Jonathan L. Jackson | Democratic | IL |
| Josh Riley | Democratic | NY |
| Joyce Beatty | Democratic | OH |
| Judy Chu | Democratic | CA |
| Julie Johnson | Democratic | TX |
| LaMonica McIver | Democratic | NJ |
| Lateefah Simon | Democratic | CA |
| Laura Friedman | Democratic | CA |
| Laura Gillen | Democratic | NY |
| Lauren Underwood | Democratic | IL |
| Lizzie Fletcher | Democratic | TX |
| Lois Frankel | Democratic | FL |
| Mark DeSaulnier | Democratic | CA |
| Mark Pocan | Democratic | WI |
| Maxine Dexter | Democratic | OR |
| Maxine Waters | Democratic | CA |
| Maxwell Frost | Democratic | FL |
| Melanie A. Stansbury | Democratic | NM |
| Mike Quigley | Democratic | IL |
| Nikki Budzinski | Democratic | IL |
| Paul Tonko | Democratic | NY |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | Democratic | IL |
| Richard E. Neal | Democratic | MA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Robert Garcia | Democratic | CA |
| Sharice Davids | Democratic | KS |
| Shri Thanedar | Democratic | MI |
| Steny H. Hoyer | Democratic | MD |
| Suzan K. DelBene | Democratic | WA |
| Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | OR |
| Ted Lieu | Democratic | CA |
| Val T. Hoyle | Democratic | OR |
| Yassamin Ansari | Democratic | AZ |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democratic | NY |
Client expense: $1,620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $1,620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $1,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $1,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE