WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to clarify the companies’ agreement with the Trump administration on anti-obesity medications (AOMs), direct to consumer pricing through the TrumpRx drug purchasing platform, and the implementation of “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) pricing in Medicaid. READ MORE: Gallego demands answers on Eli Lilly’s deal with Trump (The Hill) “To date, only sparse details have been provided despite the significance of this arrangement for millions of patients,” Senator Gallego wrote in letters to Eli Lilly Chair and CEO David Ricks and Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar. “While I support the expansion of Medicare coverage for anti-obesity

Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 21 Senate colleagues in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding answers regarding delays in disbursing Head Start funds, which the Government Accountability Office found violated the Impoundment Control Act.   In the letter, the senators highlight how these delays, worsened by the government shutdown, forced programs to reduce services, temporarily close classrooms, lay off staff, and left thousands of children and families without critical early learning and family support. Further,

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat Veteran and member of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, supported a package of bills that would prohibit the deportation of immigrant veterans who are not violent offenders, provide these veterans with a pathway to citizenship through their military service and help ensure they can access the VA healthcare services they are entitled to.   “I fought in Iraq, and I know that on the battlefield, what matters isn’t whether you have the right papers, it’s whether you’re willing to put on the uniform and risk your life for this country. If you’re willing to do