Lowering the Price of Insulin

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, Minnesota Senator Tina Smith and I introduced the Affordable Insulin Approvals Now Act, a bipartisan bill to speed up approvals of lower-cost, generic, and “follow-on” insulin products in order to help lower costs of the life-saving drug.

Approximately 7.5 million Americans with diabetes rely on insulin every day to survive, yet the drug has experienced a price increase of more than 600 percent over the past two decades in the United States.

More generic insulin in the market means lower costs for those in need. Our bill encourages competition and free market solutions to the rising cost of this life-saving drug.

Never Again Education Act

Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and I introduced the Never Again Education Act. This bipartisan legislation establishes a dedicated federal fund to provide teachers with resources and training necessary to teach our students the important lessons of the Holocaust.

The story of the Holocaust must always be taught so that the experience of the Holocaust may never be repeated. With anti-Semitism on the rise in certain parts of the country, even among some elected officials, increased education about this terrible tragedy is as important as ever.

Renaming "Sullys Hill"

The North Dakota Congressional delegation introduced legislation to change the name of “Sullys Hill,” a National Game Preserve administered by U.S. Fish and Wildlife within the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, to “White Horse Hill,” its traditional Dakota name.

The federal government named this preserve in 1931 after General Alfred Sully, who killed hundreds of Native Americans, including ancestors of the Spirit Lake Nation. Because the name change came through an act of Congress, it takes another act of Congress to restore its rightful name.

The Spirit Lake Tribe does not need a name within their land that reminds them of the atrocities committed against their ancestors. The Dakota people hold the name ‘White Horse Hill’ as sacred, and I hope we pass this legislation to honor the history of this land and the wishes of this tribe.