Dems Divided On Trump's Executive Order Aimed At Slashing Drug Prices

President Donald Trump's executive bid aimed astatine slashing U.S. supplier prices has divided Democrats connected Capitol Hill, pinch immoderate cautiously optimistic while others dismissed nan move arsenic a bluster.

Most Democratic lawmakers who said pinch Fox News Digital astir nan bid noted they had not publication into nan details, but nan reactions were mostly split.

"It surely seems much bark than it is bite," Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., nan apical Democrat connected nan House Ways & Means Committee, told Fox News Digital. 

Neal said it "strikes maine arsenic though it's different illustration of nan executive bid that garners a batch of attention" pinch small impact, though he noted he was still looking into nan details.

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President Donald Trump signed an bid aimed astatine lowering medicine supplier costs. (Fox News)

Rep. George Latimer of New York, a first-term Democrat who unseated a erstwhile personnel of nan progressive "Squad," ex-Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., signaled he was hopeful astir nan initiative.

"If we tin support supplier costs low, that's a affirmative thing," Latimer said. "I don't, you know, reason everything nan president does, things that thief group little costs. If that's what this turns into, past yes, it's a worthwhile idea. But I person to beryllium honest, I've sewage to publication it much intimately to understand it better."

Trump announced Monday that he was directing nan Department of Health and Human Services to group value targets for pharmaceutical companies.

The president said nan bid would person pharmaceutical companies set supplier prices connected par pinch nan lowest prices successful different developed countries.

He said, "some medicine supplier and pharmaceutical prices will beryllium reduced almost instantly by 50 to 80 to 90%."

Democratic Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., told Fox News Digital erstwhile asked astir nan order, "It's ever a bully point to trim supplier costs."

"I deliberation it's a move successful nan correct direction, let's conscionable spot nan details," Correa added.

Rep. Lou Correa said he was optimistic but needed to spot much details. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, for illustration Neal, told Fox News Digital he was much skeptical.

"My emotion is that, for illustration his…announcements during his first term, there's overmuch talk and nary meaningful simplification of supplier prices," Doggett said. "It remains to beryllium seen whether immoderate diligent successful America will spot a value reduced connected a azygous supplier arsenic a consequence of this order. So, until I spot action, I will not judge that he has genuinely committed to reducing prices."

House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., besides said he did not judge Trump was "serious" erstwhile asked.

"All of this is conscionable a disingenuous effort…on nan portion of House Republicans and Donald Trump, to dress for illustration they were looking retired for people," Aguilar said. "If they were superior astir it, nan argumentation would beryllium placed wrong their reconciliation bill. It's not. This is conscionable a capacity effort by nan president."

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Meanwhile, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., introduced a House measure to make Trump's bid permanent.

"I emergence today, to present arsenic legislation, President Trump’s executive bid for nan astir favored federation position connected supplier pricing," Khanna said connected nan House floor.

"My authorities will codify President Trump’s executive order, which fundamentally says that Americans should not salary much for narcotics than group successful different countries and different parts of nan world."

House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguliar said he did not judge President Donald Trump was "serious." (Fox News Digital)

In an exclusive Fox News question and reply pinch Sean Hannity, Trump based on that his executive bid should offset Democrats' concerns pinch his "big, beautiful" fund reconciliation measure being pushed by Republicans.

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Democrats person accused Republicans of utilizing nan measure to gut captious programs for illustration Medicaid for millions of group who request it, while nan GOP has contended it was conscionable trying to destruct discarded and maltreatment wrong nan system.

"It's the Democrats' responsibility that group are being ripped disconnected for years and years. And now I hear Democrats saying, 'Oh, well, we're going to not spell for nan bill.' It's going to beryllium very difficult for them not to o.k. of nan big, beautiful measure that we're doing," Trump said. "We're doing nan biggest taxation cuts successful nan history of our state because group are going to beryllium getting a 50 to a 90% simplification on drug prices."

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House for a response.