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      Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying at a congressional hearing

      New Antitrust Summer Campaign Aims to 'Beat Out Big Tech's Lobbyist Machine'

      "If we can make enough noise to break through the lobbyist facade, we can get these bills to the floor in the next few weeks, and we will win."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jun 08, 2022

      A leading digital rights group on Wednesday kicked off a new campaign aimed at boosting federal legislation that would crack down on Big Tech monopolies.

      "This and next week are do-or-die for the most significant antitrust reforms in a generation."

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      Warren Demands Big Pharma End 'Corporate Price Gouging'

      Recent price hikes, says a letter led by the senator, "appear to be an example of pharmaceutical companies taking advantage of their abusive market power to expand already large profits."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 02, 2022

      U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and a dozen of her colleagues in Congress took aim at Big Pharma on Tuesday over "troubling price increases for brand-name drugs in January 2022."

      The lawmakers' letter to Stephen J. Ubl, president and CEO of the industry trade group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), highlights the findings of two new analyses and declares that "Congress and the public deserve an explanation for how manufacturers have made these seemingly inexplicable pricing decisions."

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      'Enough Is Enough': Sanders, Klobuchar Unveil Bill to Slash Drug Prices in Half

      "We can no longer tolerate policies that make prescription drugs unaffordable and out of reach—Congress must act."

      Brett Wilkins
      Feb 09, 2022

      With eyes on ultimately empowering Medicare to leverage its prodigious purchasing power to negotiate lower U.S. medication prices, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would let the federal health insurance program pay the same for prescription drugs as the Department of Veterans Affairs.

      "The time to act is now. It's time for the Senate to have a debate and a vote to bring down the outrageous price of prescription drugs."

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