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Floor Speech

By: Ron Wyden
By: Ron Wyden
Date: April 22, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, it has been a year since Republicans gutted Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics. For many women, Planned Parenthood is their only source of primary care and prevention, like cancer screenings and STI testing. There are 23 Planned Parenthood clinics that have closed, and 75 percent of the clinics that have shuttered their doors have been in rural or underserved areas. The number of breast exam visits fell by 25 percent. Fewer women are getting essential preventive care, heightening their risk of cancer.

All of this lifesaving care is on the chopping block if this amendment passes. This amendment is just the Republicans' latest attempt to strip women of the healthcare they need and depend on so that they can go score some political points.

I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment--to strongly oppose it. Point of Order

Madam President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not germane; therefore, it violates section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 5336 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, the amendment would require that the Government Accountability Office analyze Donald Trump's agreement with the pharmaceutical companies. He claims that he signed deals with 16 pharmaceutical companies to get Americans the lowest prescription drug prices in the world, but the details of these so-called deals are completely shrouded in secrecy.

Donald Trump wants Congress to put these deals into black letter law, sight unseen. So my amendment would require the Government Accountability Office to analyze the deals and provide a clear analysis of the savings, if any, to taxpayers and to patients.

And for any of my Senate colleagues who are concerned about disclosing trade secrets, this amendment protects all confidential information.

If these Trump deals are so great, there should be nothing to hide. This amendment would give Congress and the public the specifics for the first time on these Trump pharmaceutical deals. I strongly urge my colleagues to vote yes.

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