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This Congress we made significant progress on bipartisan reforms. In the Ways and Means Committee, we share a common goal of lowering prescription drug prices. However, the cost of prescription drugs, even some generics, has increased dramatically in recent years – well above inflation – making them harder to access. Our pharmaceutical system is designed to reward innovators by allowing them to bring new products to market at a price which allows them to recoup their investment, with generic or biosimilar versions later entering the marketplace to drive down prices through competition.
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When used correctly and safely, prescription drugs help millions of people by curing, treating, or preventing diseases. We demand that Sudan’s security forces refrain from any further violence against protesters and hold to account those responsible.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 50 percent of Americans took at least one prescription drug in the last month. Sudanese security forces use of live rounds against ongoing protests in Khartoum are deeply disturbing. We call for the safety and immediate release of political detainees, restoration of the civilian-led transitional government and its associated institutions, and resumption of internet and telecommunications services. The United States stands with the Sudanese people, who continue to reject military rule. USAID’s humanitarian assistance for people in need in Sudan, which exceeded $386 million in fiscal year 2021, will continue. In light of the developments of the past day, the United States is pausing delivery of $700 million in Economic Support Funds to Sudan, which Congress appropriated to support Sudan’s democratic transition. Today is a betrayal of the powerful, determined, and brave women of Sudan, who led the revolution and who were insistent, despite huge obstacles, on securing greater rights for themselves and future generations. Today is a betrayal of the young people I met who were brutally maimed by security forces during the protests, and who never stopped seeking accountability for those who lost their lives during the revolution. Today’s military takeover is a betrayal of the Sudanese people and what they achieved through peaceful protest. They are among the many millions of Sudanese invested in a democratic, civilian-led future for their country, sick of the military’s corruption and insistent on a government that would work on their behalf. Yet they were united and steadfast in their commitment to continue working towards the “freedom, peace, and justice” that they, and their friends and families, had fought for during the 2019 revolution. Many were impatient with the pace of change. All of them spoke of the daunting challenges Sudan faced in transitioning to democracy.
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When I visited Sudan in August of 2021, I met with a range of Sudanese-activists, members of civil society, journalists, local officials, students, journalists, and many others.
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The detention of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several cabinet ministers, declaration of a state of emergency, shutting down of Internet and telecommunications services, and military takeover of state-run media are an affront to the democratic aspirations of the people of Sudan and undermine Sudan’s transition toward civilian-led democratic governance after 30 years of kleptocracy and violent dictatorship under Omar al-Bashir. USAID condemns the military takeover in Sudan under the apparent direction of the head of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan.