Heard on the Hill
What we're hearing from people we trust on and around the Hill
NOT SO FAST: The House Judiciary Committee scored a giant win this week, forcing Google to admit that it censored conservatives at the behest of the Biden administration. Following the committee’s win, Rep Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) told the Washington Reporter that “Democrats want the country to forget Biden was ever president, but we remember all four failed years and have the receipts to prove it. Next time a progressive pretends to be for free speech, show them our report and remind them of the countless times the left demanded conservatives be censored, silenced, and de-platformed.”
NO MORE FREELOADERS: Bristol Myers Squibb is winning praise from the Hill and the White House for announcing that it will charge the U.K. the U.S. rate for its Cobenfy drug to treat Alzheimer’s. For years, the U.K. and other countries have used their government power to pay less for drugs than Americans–and now companies are fighting back.
MOODY VICTORY: In a major win for Sen. Ashley Moody (R., Fla.), the Trump administration took action against illicit vape manufacturers that have been targeting children with Chinese Vapes. The Washington Reporter praised this initiative last week, and Senator Moody, who has been the lead senator pushing for action, took a much-deserved victory lap on X.
ANOTHER ONE: Eli Lilly announced yet another planned factory in America; this time, it will be a $6.5 billion manufacturing plant in Texas. This comes on the heels of another massive Lilly expansion in Virginia in the outskirts of Richmond.
BARRED: Congratulations to the House Judiciary Committee’s Victoria Garrastacho on passing the Bar exam!