Rep. Porter grills Big Pharma CEO for price gouging

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • Half a million dollars.
    That's the bonus a Big Pharma CEO got for hiking the price of ONE cancer treatment drug.
    How many patients lost their lives because they couldn't afford this medicine? Here's our conversation.

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  • @kathymatranza3994
    @kathymatranza3994 4 года назад +2112

    Why isn’t Katie Porter moderating the Presidential debates???????

    • @bavavi18
      @bavavi18 4 года назад +135

      'reclaiming our time' would have been the most used phrase if that did happen 😊

    • @zarakikon6352
      @zarakikon6352 4 года назад +32

      She would own Drumpf* for Sure !

    • @kxj2298
      @kxj2298 4 года назад +28

      I would love to see that...she rocks

    • @starsixseven9259
      @starsixseven9259 4 года назад +58

      @@bavavi18 reclaiming my country*

    • @darkstorminc
      @darkstorminc 4 года назад +40

      Trump is probably afraid of her lol

  • @susangunn3581
    @susangunn3581 4 года назад +770

    This woman comes to work prepared, informed, & intent on holding big corporations accountable for their BS to the American people. Thank you Ms. Porter for working for everyday Americans & not for big corporations!

    • @glenb1426
      @glenb1426 2 года назад

      Big corporations are SUPERIOR to people!

    • @conorkennedy3304
      @conorkennedy3304 Год назад +8

      she's perfect

    • @tonythornley6270
      @tonythornley6270 Год назад +8

      WOW loved the way she did that. I would like to see her take on company profits versus wages and workers condition

    • @paulcolburn3855
      @paulcolburn3855 Год назад

      She is lovely. The problem is, the people she is putting under the spotlight like this, these people are NOT trying to get appointed to a government job. They are employed in the private sector and they are not the least bit interested in getting house reps to "vote for them." So she is shaming people who just sit there but who could (at any moment) just leave. They don't have to sit there.
      I like what she does. But the government can't really do anything about how much he is paid or how much pills cost.

    • @tonythornley6270
      @tonythornley6270 Год назад

      @@paulcolburn3855
      I don't know about that. Biden negotiated a deal to lower the cost of insulin

  • @bookbreakdown704
    @bookbreakdown704 3 года назад +418

    I love watching Katie Porter. She just rips them apart and has no tolerance for idiocy.

    • @russellpearce3749
      @russellpearce3749 2 года назад

      How we going to know the intelligence level of a person being asked a question if this which will not allow people to answer. All She Wants To Do Is editorialize and make political points. I have a question for this congresswoman do you still beat your grandchildren I'm sorry you're wasting my time I want to take that as yes. Does that seem fair to you

  • @knicol46
    @knicol46 4 года назад +824

    I am not American but she seems to be the best you got. Dont let her down.

    • @lillyrose165
      @lillyrose165 4 года назад +40

      Hopefully she is the beginning of no nonsense politics in America. Millennials are finally coming into voting power and we are Sick. Of. This. Shit. Its embarrassing as hell to have old people acting like toddlers throwing temper tantrums while "running the country" and then pointing it at young people and blaming them for "ruining the country" when we don't even have political power yet and they're the ones who sold out our futures. Also, having Jabba the Hut's dumber orange cousin as our president is really an all time low. I said fuck the feds after the orange overlord stole the election and started looking to my governor and state for leadership. At this point Canada should burn down the White House again, he's disgraced it so much.

    • @richreed5060
      @richreed5060 4 года назад +21

      I Love her and Aoc!!! They are truly fighting for the American People.

    • @kenscott4954
      @kenscott4954 4 года назад +13

      I am not an American
      Katie porter for president

    • @lidge1994
      @lidge1994 4 года назад +8

      Seems like a good candidate for 2024

    • @dborg56
      @dborg56 4 года назад +9

      We could use her here in Canada if Americans don’t appreciate her.

  • @antmagor
    @antmagor 4 года назад +616

    Every time I hear these guys say “I don’t have it in front of me“ somewhere off in the distance I can hear Judge Judy “saying where did you think you were coming today? Disneyland?”

    • @foodie4138
      @foodie4138 3 года назад +4

      antmagor bravo!!!!!!!!!!

    • @donna-donna
      @donna-donna 3 года назад +3

      Hahahaha 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 HILARIOUS!! 💕

    • @benjimann4438
      @benjimann4438 3 года назад +5

      HAHAHA! Why isnt Judge judith sheindlin in Congress? OH MY that would be fun!

    • @knivez786
      @knivez786 3 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @marlenet5115
      @marlenet5115 3 года назад +1

      @antmagor lol!!

  • @romyruncie5252
    @romyruncie5252 Год назад +138

    Thank you Katie. I remember when all my siblings had to put their money together just to buy my Mom a bottle of Renagel pills. The greed is really sad because a lot of Dialysis patients were left unable to walk because they could not afford to pay for the $800.- bottle of pills. Stay strong Katie, you are helping many families.

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 Год назад

      Hello 👋 Dear. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

    • @dijanabrkic5167
      @dijanabrkic5167 Год назад

      Free market, God bless the free USA. Or should I say the freedom the companies have to exploit the working class.

  • @barbmartins6228
    @barbmartins6228 4 года назад +722

    We need more people like Katie!! She's so awesome! I donated to her campaign and I'm not even in her state!

    • @Jo-yp8wy
      @Jo-yp8wy 4 года назад +39

      I'm not even in the same country. She deserves any support anyone can give.

    • @MelissaChapin
      @MelissaChapin 4 года назад +28

      @Barb Martins @Jo Terporten Thank you so much for donating to or amplifying her campaign! 🙏🏼✨
      I am one of Ms. Porter’s constituents, disabled and working overseas. I’m not in a position to give money, it’s all I can do to keep going since being disabled is extremely expensive, as this video demonstrates (!). She will always have my support and my vote, and you both have my unending respect and gratitude. 💐🌺🌿

    • @barbmartins6228
      @barbmartins6228 4 года назад +18

      Melissa np I absolutely love Katie!! I wish we had more people like her in Washington..

    • @dhoerst
      @dhoerst 4 года назад +5

      I'm in the same position and I plan to do the same!

    • @bm8292
      @bm8292 4 года назад +4

      Surely, no one is stopping the citizens of USA to elect a reliable and trustworthy person to represent them.
      But...

  • @WilliamMayCentury21
    @WilliamMayCentury21 4 года назад +2865

    *I wish Katie Porter was running for president*

    • @jonw7214
      @jonw7214 4 года назад +187

      I want her as Speaker of the House. She wouldn't put up with the bullshit.

    • @jake_from_statefarm7209
      @jake_from_statefarm7209 4 года назад +98

      No man--she's best fighting for us in the House or Senate! I'm sure she'd make an amazing President, but she has the most power help constituents in Congress!

    • @NatorrieLee
      @NatorrieLee 4 года назад +9

      💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😞😞💯😞😞😞

    • @richardmurphy479
      @richardmurphy479 4 года назад +49

      She is a force to be reckoned with. If Biden wins, she needs a prominent cabinet position.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 4 года назад +7

      she couldn't do this then.
      (and she couldn't do this as Speaker, either)

  • @teiganflynn4090
    @teiganflynn4090 3 года назад +45

    If Katie Porter asks you a question, chances are she already knows the answer and came with the receipts on hand 👏

  • @hawgstar_4924
    @hawgstar_4924 4 года назад +461

    Just imagine if even 1/10 of all US Reps and Sens were like Katie Porter.

    • @thoughtfortheday7811
      @thoughtfortheday7811 4 года назад +12

      That would require decency, not likely from them.

    • @KSN580
      @KSN580 4 года назад +5

      How can we expect that with the education that our children get in our public schools? Only a few with inquisitive mind turn out to be like her. It is going to get worse as now we have a generation glued to their smart phones. Phones are getting smarter and smarter and the people are dumber and dumber!

    • @velvetrose7729
      @velvetrose7729 4 года назад +7

      @@thoughtfortheday7811 WE The People could just VOTE for MORE decent people...Just Like Her!

    • @thoughtfortheday7811
      @thoughtfortheday7811 4 года назад +6

      @@velvetrose7729 I think Katie is awesome beyond measure. Whilst she is deserving of the highest office in America, corporate interests would likely interfere with her work. The people need her where she is holding those corporate interests to account.

    • @reductio1000
      @reductio1000 4 года назад +3

      Katie Porter is one exception who isn't bought and paid for by the big companies and their lobby groups.

  • @joaovic92
    @joaovic92 4 года назад +244

    I knew his life was over as soon as i saw she taking the whiteboard.

    • @msjaaye423
      @msjaaye423 3 года назад +4

      😂😂😂

    • @bunkyman8097
      @bunkyman8097 3 года назад +5

      I knew it was over as soon as I saw she was involved!!

  • @tobeboom
    @tobeboom 2 года назад +240

    She is a rock star. Well studied and fully prepared every time. I’ve never seen one person make so many CEOs look like absolute fools.

    • @leobigelow7021
      @leobigelow7021 Год назад +2

      Does it occur to you that "making CEOs look like fools", as much as you get off on it, isn't her job?

    • @tobeboom
      @tobeboom Год назад +3

      @@leobigelow7021 it is if they aren’t getting the bigger picture. Pay increases for executive leadership vs workers over the last 50 years is well documented. Loss of retirement and investments for workers. People can’t save for retirement outside of social security if they aren’t paid enough to make those savings. Unreasonable profits on pharmaceuticals and every day needs are absolutely within her scope. There are numerous items within her scope that absolutely makes it her job to call them out and demonstrate the shortfall of their leadership as it impacts everyone in this country.

    • @shawnyoung8752
      @shawnyoung8752 Год назад

      ​@@leobigelow7021so don't bitch about gas prices. It's OK for these greedy corporations to rape us. Cause they are looking out for their shareholders. I have paid my 20% federal taxes for 45 years. Yet rich and corporations us loopholes and tax breaks to pay under 10. That's fair. Churches. They pay no taxes and own property that also is not paying tax . Screw them. Homeless? Would not be a problem if everyone paid a flat tax.

    • @steveknight878
      @steveknight878 Месяц назад +2

      @@leobigelow7021 Actually she doesn't make them look like fools. She asks very relevant questions, with pertinent data. They make themselves look like fools. So no, not her job to make them look foolish. Just a bonus. Nor is it her job to try to make them look wise.

  • @beckymartin7436
    @beckymartin7436 4 года назад +421

    Can’t you just hear her saying in her mom voice, “ Don’t make me get my whiteboard! “ 🤣 We love Katie!

    • @timdowney6721
      @timdowney6721 4 года назад +9

      Becky Martin
      You know her kids will tell their kids stories about Gramma’s whiteboard.

    • @_rafa_-lp8vc
      @_rafa_-lp8vc 4 года назад +8

      You know hell is upon you when she gets the board out jajajajaja I really her, she's very real and doesn't have hidden interests, you can tell that right away.

    • @drewc.2734
      @drewc.2734 4 года назад

      lol

    • @danbrisson432
      @danbrisson432 4 года назад +2

      Rafael Arguedas she was taught by our Senator Elizabeth Warren. Would hate to be cross examined by that duo.

  • @jaybusa3302
    @jaybusa3302 4 года назад +433

    I love this woman. She is no nonsense take no bullshit straight talkin type of person that i wish all politicians would be

    • @davidowens2067
      @davidowens2067 4 года назад +18

      What Trump supporters “claim” he is. Nope...this is what a straight talker really looks like!

    • @TheTrishalyn
      @TheTrishalyn 4 года назад +17

      @@davidowens2067 it's insane that they see trump and think his rhetoric is what we see in Katie Porter. That's some serious brain trauma.

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +16

      and yet, still stays respectful, and on topic.

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 4 года назад +7

      It's tempting to ask why other elected officials don't call out bs like Katie does, but that would be an incorrect assessment. It's not a lack of a will, there are others who do it, but the way she winnows concepts down so that even the least-intelligent or least-interested voter can understand....that is a skillset. She makes it look easy but it's not; it takes years of training and practice. It's called teaching.

  • @raemarie3973
    @raemarie3973 4 года назад +240

    Katie is a Goddess in Congress. It's disgraceful that one pill is over $750 for a cancer patient. Sir, you should be ashamed of yourself.

    • @roses6821
      @roses6821 3 года назад +7

      Im happy i live in sitzerland im so well insured. I pay 300 every month an dont have to worry about medical expenses like surgerys, dentist, doctors, therapie etc. and i only pay that much because i need a lot of medical treatment. Crazy over there in the us.

    • @terencekreft482
      @terencekreft482 3 года назад +15

      @Jay Broughton: He's not ashamed, he's mad that he's been called out on his behaviour.

    • @KCFlyer2
      @KCFlyer2 3 года назад +1

      At the end - the US taxpayer paid 3.3 billion for that one drug via Medicare.

    • @ficus4p
      @ficus4p 3 года назад

      @@roses6821 you dont have to worry because others pay for you. Stuff is not free. Only socialist and children think that.,

    • @roses6821
      @roses6821 3 года назад +1

      @@ficus4p well im a full adult and know how OUR systems works i just xant explain it as well in english as in my native tongue but we clearly pay every citizen and its not as if orher have to shoulder me.

  • @theward1244
    @theward1244 3 года назад +360

    She has to be the hardest working representatives on the hill. She always does her studying.

    • @antclerfont8478
      @antclerfont8478 2 года назад +3

      For real. No doubt about it.

    • @ConvictedFelon2024
      @ConvictedFelon2024 Год назад +1

      Correction: She already _did_ her studying. She received her JD from Harvard Law School. Few of our representatives, if any, are as qualified or as dedicated to serving the American people, let alone both.

  • @hooliganlexx
    @hooliganlexx Год назад +55

    We need more people like her

    • @alonzo4164
      @alonzo4164 Год назад

      Astonishing she won’t run for President…

    • @kapilchhabria1727
      @kapilchhabria1727 Год назад

      If america won’t vote for milquetoast Hillary, good luck getting them to vote for a firebrand like Katie.
      She is the leader america needs but not the leader america deserves.

  • @rcpsammy7186
    @rcpsammy7186 4 года назад +182

    Ever notice that EVERYBODY who knows Rep. Katie is going to grill them, they all have the deer in the headlights look??...
    Oh no, here she comes again, with her FACTS, and her WHITEBOARD, and her QUESTIONING SKILLS!
    We love you, Rep. Katie....keep up your incredible work.
    You are THE example of what so many others in goverment SHOULD be...

    • @carolynhoover9444
      @carolynhoover9444 4 года назад +4

      You would think the highly paid dumb dumb would have done some homework especially when it comes to his personal earnings. Disgusting! I don't have a problem with CEOs and their earnings but wonder exactly what's it is they do to earn this over the top compensation while many have to decide if they can afford a prescription. Never mind drugs for cancer but all 💊. Selfish and they live in lala land

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +3

      Yes, we need to hold our representatives to the same judgements that Rep Porter does, she works for us. AND, make sure we VOTE for representatives that help us, not the corporations. There are some, but a lot of NOTs.

    • @pmc1727
      @pmc1727 4 года назад

      Carolyn Hoover except Trump is president and nothing will change so take you grilling count your millions and hope for more republican terms.

    • @carolynhoover9444
      @carolynhoover9444 4 года назад +1

      @@pmc1727 vote Trump out. But that is a different discussion. If Katie porter rubs for president, she has my vote. European countries makes their drugs affordable and pass the cost to Americans. When people have had to go to Canada for insulin or Mexico, unforgivable

    • @pmc1727
      @pmc1727 4 года назад +1

      Carolyn Hoover Trump isn’t the disease he’s a symptom. When Senators and reps have their jobs for multiple decades... you don’t have a Democratic System you have a oligarchy. Once in a while an incumbent loses but it’s usually a shock. The two party system only created two sets of oligarchs who used to disagree on very little.

  • @steveflor9942
    @steveflor9942 Год назад +18

    This guy and Martin Shkreli could not careless about the plight of people trying to hang onto their lives. They offer these most vulnerable a horrible choice: a possible treatment or food and shelter.
    Thank you, Katie
    For calling out these bastards

  • @SAKtownAli
    @SAKtownAli 4 года назад +69

    Katie Porter is a national treasure and must be protected at all costs.

  • @SDGirl05
    @SDGirl05 2 года назад +21

    I wish there were more like you. Thanks for your hard work.

  • @kaleypittman1105
    @kaleypittman1105 4 года назад +69

    Katie... Congresswoman... Ms. Porter... you give me life.
    That is all.

  • @christinavogt2364
    @christinavogt2364 4 года назад +55

    THIS is what I want from my elected officials, not the nonsense we’re seeing in politics nowadays. Katie Porter for president! 🙌🏻🇺🇸

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +3

      I think term limits and new campaign finance laws would be a start. I'd be cautious with term limits though. If you get someone like Katie you want to keep her !!

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 3 года назад +2

      Amen!

  • @solar2607
    @solar2607 2 месяца назад +3

    Oooh when he started shaking when he said "I think you're referring to me compensation..." I'm saving Katie Porter's speech for my kids. She is right! ❤

  • @dagnt8145
    @dagnt8145 4 года назад +152

    I love it when she reaches for the whiteboard , somebody got some splainin to do, note the deer in the headlights look

    • @peforster6725
      @peforster6725 4 года назад +5

      KP destroying big pharma crooks with a marker & white board. ROCKSTAR!

  • @elisam.2896
    @elisam.2896 4 года назад +114

    She didnt just go for the jugular, she ripped it tf out using a white board and a marker. I bow at her feet. GET THEM KATIE.

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +4

      and still does it calmly and respectfully, but with knives out !!

    • @leftcoaster67
      @leftcoaster67 4 года назад +4

      Bashed the CEO across the face with a whiteboard, and simple math, and logic.

  • @melissanoelle410
    @melissanoelle410 3 года назад +8

    If you are showing up for a hearing and Katie brings out her whiteboard, you have no chance.

  • @pamelapercle3724
    @pamelapercle3724 4 года назад +48

    Rep. Katie Porter.......thank you, thank you, thank you for doing the research and doing such a phenomenal job in representing us and exposing these greedy CEOs!

  • @carlacross2515
    @carlacross2515 4 года назад +70

    We need more like her in both houses of Congress. She is a GREAT advocate for the American people.

  • @tammybastion7419
    @tammybastion7419 3 года назад +15

    I love this woman. She does her homework and brings receipts - unlike some others.

  • @MsMary957
    @MsMary957 4 года назад +200

    Imagine The Honorable Katie Porter debating DJT. All he would be saying is “nasty woman” over and over again while she obliterates him.

    • @lynniedicker4869
      @lynniedicker4869 4 года назад +12

      Mary Willson we can only live in hope Mary - she would eviscerate him and by God he needs that.

    • @MsMary957
      @MsMary957 4 года назад +9

      Lynnie Dicker I still manage to live in hope Lynnie, but I can say truthfully that these DJT years have been the longest ones in my entire 67-year old life. I keep feeling like I must be at least 85 or more.

    • @rhondaokuly111
      @rhondaokuly111 4 года назад +9

      I would pay to see that !

    • @majed4335
      @majed4335 4 года назад +6

      He wouldn't even give her a single chance to talk.

    • @juzzlookin
      @juzzlookin 4 года назад

      I bet he could answer more questions than that shithead, and I bet a months wages he holds her in high respect. He might have no time for idiots, but he certainly respects people who can do their job.

  • @wickedtreefarm6914
    @wickedtreefarm6914 4 года назад +83

    I'm going to start saying "reclaiming my time" when I am talking to my children lol. I love how scared the guy looks when she asks a question.

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад

      their so used to being able to wiggle out of questions. He probably didn't even investigate her before coming, he was smug.

    • @abikem4072
      @abikem4072 3 года назад +2

      Omg that is funny, I will also use it on my kids. It will throw them off so badly, they'll be like where did that come from.. You made my day 😁😄

    • @abikem4072
      @abikem4072 3 года назад +4

      He must have pee'd in his pants. Can you imagine his employees watching the scary CFO 😆

    • @veemaxine5257
      @veemaxine5257 3 года назад +4

      He looked so uncomfortable and scared. Perfect.

    • @hendrikusscherphof7348
      @hendrikusscherphof7348 3 года назад

      He didn't sounds too nervous to me.. Just a CEO guy..

  • @marykestell8464
    @marykestell8464 2 года назад +7

    Thank you Katie for putting this out there, unfortunately I don't think enough of our so called representatives pay attention and have too much to lose financially if they were to do so. Love you though and thanks again

  • @ScorpionXII
    @ScorpionXII 4 года назад +247

    I think the key to Porter's strategy here is that she asks these questions in such a way where the CEO can't tell if she already knows the answer or not, which makes it very hard to lie, which often forces them to play dumb as if they don't know the answer.

    • @tonyg9511
      @tonyg9511 2 года назад +13

      From what I have seen she always knows the answer.

    • @brianegendorf2023
      @brianegendorf2023 2 года назад

      Its doubly effective because if they know the answer, then they know they are going to look pretty shitty..but once she reveals SHE knows the answers..they still look pretty shitty.

    • @TheGenerationX894
      @TheGenerationX894 2 года назад +5

      Oh she knows the answer, she would not ask a question without knowing the answer. She was a teacher, and I would have to guess, a very good one!

    • @jamestyrer6067
      @jamestyrer6067 2 года назад

      I agree

    • @johncolvin2561
      @johncolvin2561 2 года назад +3

      @@TheGenerationX894 She was a tenured professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law.

  • @AaronHahnStudios
    @AaronHahnStudios 3 года назад +430

    "Evil prevails when Good people Fail to Act!" - thank Goodness for Katie.

    • @SparkieFuchs
      @SparkieFuchs 3 года назад +3

      The Problem isn't that good an honourable people wouldn't want to act, it's the fact that it has been made illegal to act against it.

    • @Swarmmin
      @Swarmmin 3 года назад +2

      Demons run, when a good man goes to war.

    • @CriticalRoleHighlights
      @CriticalRoleHighlights 3 года назад +1

      Trust me. I'd rather pay for medication and health care when I need it instead of paying insane taxes my entire life even if I didn't need it.

    • @SparkieFuchs
      @SparkieFuchs 3 года назад +10

      @@CriticalRoleHighlights 1. You will need it sooner or later.
      2. Germany has lower taxes than the USA. Still we have free Healthcare.
      3. Did your mom told you to respond like this?

    • @ornatus9616
      @ornatus9616 3 года назад

      Captain Picard did have some pearls of wisdom :P

  • @spookystitches9075
    @spookystitches9075 2 года назад +1

    You are a blessing to us all. Please please run for President. You make the 1% accountable or expose them. You care about us and they don’t. Period. I’m not even from your state and I wish you are our congresswoman in TN

  • @yaozzer
    @yaozzer 3 года назад +271

    My lord a pill cost $763?! That pill better cure my cancer, do my laundry, make me food, and blow me afterwards.
    Aso it is so satisfying to watch her grilling CEOs.

    • @GregPolkinghorne
      @GregPolkinghorne 3 года назад +5

      It's typically one a day as well and taken for years until disease progression. So think of the total cost over say 3 years of taking it.

    • @zpvnrt
      @zpvnrt 3 года назад +4

      Revlimid is post primary cancer treatment maintenance medication not a cure.
      - SOME studies INDICATE that it MAY add anywhere from 1 year to 3 years to a patient's life after Myeloma treatments who tend to live between 7 to 15 years after treatment depending on the individual and the nature of the cancer.
      - On the company's own website they admit that the studies were not rigorous enough nor designed such that they could conclusively state that Revlimid was ENTIRELY effective in extending the lives of cancer patients post treatment but that the indications are very strong that with Revlimid there was a statistical probability that the medication extended and improved their quality of life. (if you can tolerate the side effects)

    • @darkshadowsx5949
      @darkshadowsx5949 3 года назад +5

      @@GregPolkinghorne ONE A DAY? that's more than i make a week. that just insane.
      i'd rather just die faster.

    • @hyfy-tr2jy
      @hyfy-tr2jy 3 года назад +1

      $736 per pill....that is cheap compared to some other medications. I was admitted to the ER back in 1997 for a heart arrhythmia and was given a pill derived from Digitalis. They gave me two doses over one day and each pill was $1600. At the time I was a poor college student with no insurance...had to pay out of pocket.

    • @ERAGEDK1LLER
      @ERAGEDK1LLER 3 года назад +3

      Revlimid is now at $832 per pill. Crazy

  • @Sbamabelle
    @Sbamabelle 4 года назад +29

    Dead man walking right there. Gods I love this woman, coming from a single parent household and my mom struggling growing up, Rep Porter gets it for us working folks. If she isn't President one day, we are dumb

  • @Bibliotics
    @Bibliotics 2 года назад +11

    It surprises me at this point that when called before her that these CEOs aren’t prepared to grovel at her feet. They always look like deer in the headlights, like they don’t even know who she is. Meanwhile she’s saying: “oh son you in my house now!”
    Really wish I could vote for a representative like her.

  • @edwingomez9308
    @edwingomez9308 3 года назад +47

    This is how a representative should show up to work. PREPARED !! Thank you Katie Porter

  • @bhanani5480
    @bhanani5480 4 года назад +30

    When Katie Porter pulls out the whiteboard, you know she is gonna put a world of hurt on whoever she's talking too. Long Live Katie Porter!!!

  • @Chimera_Photography
    @Chimera_Photography 2 года назад +5

    “Let’s move forward to more recently, 2017 where hopefully your memory will be jogged” savage! 😂 love her

  • @michellem6826
    @michellem6826 4 года назад +39

    OMG 😳 I am so out of sorts with the greed of companies. I understand making a profit but this is greed at the price of people’s lives. Thank you Katie Porter for doing an amazing job when most people in your position don’t care and most Americans don’t or won’t thank you for making our lives better. Please keep going ... you rock!

    • @nicolepsy
      @nicolepsy 4 года назад +2

      A lot of people in her position are investors in these companies. That's why Drumpf is always talking up the stock market- for them. I don't think the average American, myself included, has that much to do with it, nor do they care on a daily basis.

  • @Evan-cv6kl
    @Evan-cv6kl 4 года назад +64

    He “doesn’t have it in front of” him well don’t you worry Ms. Porter got it right here on her whiteboard! Imagine if more politicians were like her. Sigh. I wish we didn’t just have to imagine. Thank you Katie for always pushing thru for the facts

  • @kevinleblanc47
    @kevinleblanc47 2 года назад +8

    Thank God for people like Katie Porter, such an inspiring person, great role model.

  • @MichaelsHomeCooking
    @MichaelsHomeCooking 4 года назад +62

    The price of drugs is infuriating!

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +6

      I'm a boomer and I distinctly remember people , back when I was younger, discussing and lamenting that someone had died or gone bankrupt, etc. IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD and how that was not right. Well, 50 years later and Big Pharma still rules. Something has to change. Obama care was a start and was watered down by republicans (no politicizing, but it's fact) . Those same obstructionists keep denying Americans what they need and deserve. It's way past time to fix our Healthcare crisis. Sorry, I just feel strongly about this. 😥

    • @kellyberry4173
      @kellyberry4173 3 года назад +3

      @@KindCountsDeb3773 And YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 3 года назад

      @@kellyberry4173 Thank You. And we need to raise the minimum wage - think of all the good that would do !! A living wage and it would help people and the economy. I really "looked" at the situation with big biz basically controlling us and conservatives never helping with the raising of the minimum wage - which is staggeringly LOW. oooops, sorry got excited again ! Be well !

  • @eponack
    @eponack 4 года назад +21

    This is what draining the swamp, actually, looks like.
    Line ‘em yo and knock ‘em down, Rep. Porter! Show no mercy!!

  • @walinton
    @walinton 3 года назад +2

    Katie Porter is brilliant/magnificent at her craft. An extremely discerning individual, she is the genuine article and America should be lucky so to have her.

  • @jakem.4971
    @jakem.4971 4 года назад +235

    1 pill costs more than Donald Dump paid in taxes

    • @scottbc31h22
      @scottbc31h22 4 года назад +4

      !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @kathypiazza7228
      @kathypiazza7228 4 года назад +5

      That fact is a hard pill the members of the GOP that have protected Trump should be forced to swallow. Gouging should be a legislated criminal act. It’s morally obscene & easily recognized as such. Greed is not good!!!!

    • @foodie4138
      @foodie4138 3 года назад

      Jake M. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @Bamcis100
      @Bamcis100 3 года назад +1

      Aside from being factually false ... that's a moronic statement.

    • @crustyasstimbs8532
      @crustyasstimbs8532 3 года назад +2

      @America First Ok so why doesn't he release his tax returns

  • @robertgreen9019
    @robertgreen9019 4 года назад +75

    When that board comes out....class is in session. Someone's getting a schoolin'.

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +3

      I looked up a lot about her, fascinating. She graduated from Harvard, with Elizabeth Warren as one of her teachers ! And, then Ms Porter taught at Harvard, too. Thus, the teacher props she uses !!

  • @SeanMurphy74
    @SeanMurphy74 3 года назад +17

    She is truly for the people! Could you imagine if our Gov't was full of people like her?

  • @happygirl8298
    @happygirl8298 2 года назад +3

    What makes this all the more despicable is that the drug is used to treat cancer and other serious diseases. Talk about kicking a person when they’re down and price gouging them!

  • @kailea2323
    @kailea2323 4 года назад +70

    Legit no way to dig himself out of this hole. He wanted more money, he got it.
    Love that she calls him right out using facts and logic. You can't argue the truth.

    • @testjeaapiel9707
      @testjeaapiel9707 3 года назад

      he aint argueing the truth ;p this is what all politician do, i cant recall, dont remember. yada yada yada. the people remain screwed

  • @davewitter6565
    @davewitter6565 4 года назад +124

    This is what price gouging looks like.

    • @icemike1
      @icemike1 3 года назад +2

      Price gouging with life and death 💀

    • @poutintsev
      @poutintsev 3 года назад

      Then why does USA allow it by enforcing patents and thus not allowing anyone else to produce this drug?

    • @poutintsev
      @poutintsev 3 года назад

      @Xi Jinping I'm not saying anyone should do that. I'm saying that politicians should not whine about this, when they created the laws that help this to happen.

    • @msarchive6247
      @msarchive6247 3 года назад

      @Xi Jinping nobody is saying sell the drug for $1. But over $700 is absurd

    • @Kevin-mb4xf
      @Kevin-mb4xf 3 года назад

      ​@Xi Jinping the difference is. you pay $1000 once for an iphone. where as this drug is $700 per pill, not once. Unfortunately there is no pill that will aid/cure cancer with 1 dose. And quadrupling the price does not sound like a great deal to me, when the drug did not improve in any way or other costs associated with the drug would have increased. In fact, the costs would have decreased per pill, seeing as they found more patients to sell this drug to.
      Now I understand that they want to make money and they want to have a ROI before their patent expires in 2023, but it does appear unreasonable. Could this perhaps contribute to the fact that healthcare in the US is so expensive that people can not afford it?
      Still a good deal?

  • @thelocalninja5516
    @thelocalninja5516 Год назад +2

    You are a saint. One of the few I can firmly say is fighting the good fight out there. Thank you for all your work and your fierce dedication to the well being of the American people, and justice for these greedy corporate CEO's!

  • @AwkwardAndAwesome
    @AwkwardAndAwesome 3 года назад +103

    I love watching her tear these shady businessmen down, but boy oh boy does it ever get my blood boiling just hearing them try (read: failing) to explain away their greed.

    • @leannaburroughs5642
      @leannaburroughs5642 2 года назад +1

      She certainly does not "suffer fools gladly," no matter how many millions they make (naturally worth every last penny). Actually, the only time they may feel they're earning their mega salaries is when they're being grilled by Congresswoman Porter!

  • @blackmoor8281
    @blackmoor8281 4 года назад +64

    every politician should be replaced with a Katie Porter clone

  • @lisafreebairn7736
    @lisafreebairn7736 4 года назад +17

    She is my favorite Congresswoman right now. I love when she breaks out the white board and shows the numbers.

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад

      those teacher props work ! And scare the corp guys ! (she was a teacher at Harvard )

  • @treybaeder5492
    @treybaeder5492 4 года назад +40

    Katie does such an incredible just getting her point across while maintaining her posture and professionalism. Truly a pleasure to watch as she fights for the people.

  • @bennerdan
    @bennerdan 2 года назад +3

    This is incredible! I could watch this all day. My jaw hit the floor when she revealed that 13 million was his salary.

    • @fmartin59
      @fmartin59 Год назад

      So? Not anyone can do that job.

  • @kareneDallas
    @kareneDallas 3 года назад +64

    Katie Porter is a Beast. She breezes in with her whiteboard, her facts and her preparation and she wipes the floor with these folks.

  • @oldreprobate2748
    @oldreprobate2748 3 года назад +39

    Katie represents what everyone of our Public Servants need to aspire too.

  • @erikhofmann8261
    @erikhofmann8261 2 года назад +2

    This is so satisfying to watch. Love seeing these guys sweat it out. Ms Porter is definitely on her game.

  • @patbarnhardt9581
    @patbarnhardt9581 4 года назад +12

    You're my hero Katie... and I'm Canadian!!

  • @thomasthobaben8801
    @thomasthobaben8801 3 года назад +411

    This is a crime. Take the profit motive out of health care. These guys are disgusting. God Bless Katie Porter.

    • @razorback5050
      @razorback5050 3 года назад +13

      If you take the profit out of health care you remove the incentive for smart people to become doctors and scientists. The US has the most effective healthcare system in the world at prolonging life, precisely because there is enormous profit in healthcare. Otherwise some (maybe a lot) of really smart people would all become petroleum engineers.
      There are two main reasons why healthcare is so expensive in the US. First, the US has very high quality healthcare. Second, most Americans have some form of health insurance which leads to administrative bloat and increased costs because you have to pay for all the people and technology responsible for making sure that the insurance pays for covered services.
      We could make healthcare much more affordable by changing either of these conditions.

    • @philip1541
      @philip1541 3 года назад +7

      Money is not the only motivator, there are countless studies saying the exact opposite. If you hate your job, will you be happy if you are payed more money? If that is the case how long do you think that lasts?

    • @razorback5050
      @razorback5050 3 года назад +11

      @@philip1541 money absolutely does buy happiness. The studies that you mention show there is no statistically significant differences in happiness only once a person has enough money to provide for their material and actualization needs and wants. Below this line people are absolutely unhappy.
      Often in cases where money isn’t a prime consideration we know that the social prestige and power that comes from degrees like a PhD, JD, and MD are highly motivating.
      Finally, often what makes people unhappy with jobs where they make a lot of money is the amount of time they spend at work or high stress levels of the job. They aren’t unhappy about making more money, they are unhappy about what they have to do to get that money.

    • @skadi6750
      @skadi6750 3 года назад +11

      @@razorback5050 Except most people cannot affort that healthcare, clap clap:-D I will break it too ya, pleanty other countries believe their healthcare and quality of doctors is better then anywhere else. You are not so special about that. You hardly have the best healthcare, if most people cannot afford it. Healthcare like that is severely lacking...

    • @raandyy
      @raandyy 3 года назад +6

      @@razorback5050 except the doctors and scientists aren't the ones making any fucking money gouging pharmaceutical prices.

  • @danielrucker9618
    @danielrucker9618 3 года назад +3

    He isn't the only person who price gouges and we need an army of this lady

  • @kpepperl319
    @kpepperl319 4 года назад +18

    When the white board comes out... Get ready.
    You would think CEOs get prep better... Although, they have been getting softballs all these years, they thought Congresswoman Porter is going to go easy on them just like everyone else. Boy, I hope they at least bring an extra pair of pants.

  • @zynjnn277
    @zynjnn277 4 года назад +9

    Representative Porter, You Are Great. 😎 Keep them guessing. 😓

  • @louellagreen8365
    @louellagreen8365 3 года назад +1

    Orange county did FABULOUS voting her in. A real deal for ALL the people not just southern California. We need more Katie's.

  • @NatorrieLee
    @NatorrieLee 4 года назад +56

    Damn She's Good

  • @nicolepsy
    @nicolepsy 4 года назад +18

    Like and share everyone! Watch her other videos, too. When the time comes, we will be voting her into the oval office!!

    • @KindCountsDeb3773
      @KindCountsDeb3773 4 года назад +1

      As long as she is on a committee that fights for us and shows the Oligarchy for what it is, she is useful and will do great good. I hope Biden uses her well, she'll continue to shine. Her work on this Oversight Committee works for ALL of America, too. Love her and I do share- my sister is now a huge fan, too.

  • @wayneporter2682
    @wayneporter2682 3 года назад +12

    So that's why it cost $ 333,814.37 to keep me alive for one year. Thankfully i am in remission. Go Katie Go !!!!

  • @justiceforerika
    @justiceforerika Год назад +1

    Katie you Rock...I've been watching you on the news about everything you do. I think you are amazing in everything you do.
    I lost my mom and sister both to cancer.
    Good luck to you in the future ❤️‍🔥🖤❤🧡💔

  • @mememe1011
    @mememe1011 3 года назад +34

    Will someone please give Katie a lifetime supply of whiteboards! 😂 She's awesome!

  • @Lynore_Marie
    @Lynore_Marie 3 года назад

    Gotta love Katie!! We need more Katie Porters in Congress.

  • @noneofyourbusiness9505
    @noneofyourbusiness9505 3 года назад +153

    "Did the pill get any better?"
    - "No, but I needed a third summer home at the beach and a couple of cars to put in my new summer house's garage, HOW DARE these cancer persons to refuse me these small humble joys of life?"

    • @yingyang5632
      @yingyang5632 3 года назад +1

      greedy subhumans is what they are

    • @revelmonger
      @revelmonger 3 года назад +1

      They literally can't change the pills formula without making a new pill. Its FDA regulation.

    • @noobvandan
      @noobvandan 3 года назад +5

      don't forget the avocado toast for his wife's boyfriend.

    • @tbbart6463
      @tbbart6463 3 года назад

      @@yingyang5632 Nope. This stops when people start understanding deeply this is typical addict behavior.
      We have to start changing how WE do things. Start realizing that medical professionals learn from big pharma funded text books that include NO information on latest studies of stress causing most disease and the lifestyle changes needed to get healthy.
      Giving power over to addicts is a choice. Giving your health over to a doctor that learned all he knows from the addicts that funded the studies his books have in them is also a choice.
      We are not victims here but let's hope for the only thing that could change this system medicare for all and the right to negotiate drug prices like every other civilized society or a fantastic rock bottom for all these addicts selling their expensive legal drugs that kill 300,000 people a year in USA and Europe as site in a Harvard ethics study.

    • @WOLFNBEAST
      @WOLFNBEAST 2 года назад

      Reminds me of the South Park episode... "Lars Ulrich wants a solid gold wet bar for his pool, but due to illegal downloading he will have to wait a month or two"

  • @MsMars.
    @MsMars. Год назад

    This is a legislator doing the job that we are paying them for. Katie Porter is the gold standard that all other legislators should be following. Thank you for doing your due diligence, Katie Porter.

  • @californiadreamin2032
    @californiadreamin2032 4 года назад +37

    Why is Katie not the dem nominee for pres in this election 😏🥴🤔intelligent, highly educated, knowledgeable, articulate, tenacious, even-keeled, empathetic and sooo much more 🥰

    • @internetpeople6113
      @internetpeople6113 4 года назад +3

      California dreamin she better be in 2024

    • @garyt123
      @garyt123 4 года назад +4

      Unfortunately she is not the democratic nominee mainly because she IS intelligent, highly educated, knowledgeable, articulate, tenacious, even-keeled, empathetic, a woman, a mother and all round just a good person. That's US politics for ya'

    • @mamasays7986
      @mamasays7986 4 года назад +7

      This is only her first term as a representative. Give her 10 years and she will be way farther up!

    • @richardmurphy479
      @richardmurphy479 4 года назад

      2024?!

  • @Lucidleo-li8yu
    @Lucidleo-li8yu 2 года назад +3

    These pharmaceutical companies are absolutely disgusting. No other major country in the world deals with this kind of rip-off.

  • @kacyndabrown3323
    @kacyndabrown3323 4 года назад +11

    She leaves them no ground to run to. Love her.

  • @janetmcgibney
    @janetmcgibney 4 года назад +24

    Omg Katie Porter is Brilliant

  • @donnafoster1355
    @donnafoster1355 Год назад +1

    Love this woman! She always does her homework and brings the truth! 😊❤

  • @TraitorHater
    @TraitorHater 4 года назад +9

    she said PRICE GOUGING and suddenly he took this seriously

  • @OldLady-um9kt
    @OldLady-um9kt 4 года назад +14

    Go get them Katie ! Love it !

  • @canadianeastcoster7117
    @canadianeastcoster7117 2 года назад +3

    We need more people like her in Canada 🇨🇦. She fights for all struggling people

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 Год назад

      Hello 👋 Dear. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from?

  • @benleaf4066
    @benleaf4066 4 года назад +11

    She gives me hope for America. I would love to work with her someday.

  • @tismeagen684
    @tismeagen684 3 года назад +8

    I like this woman, she gets to the point and doesn't suffer fools or BS. More like her are needed in positions of overseeing CEO's and their greed.

  • @larryd6143
    @larryd6143 Год назад

    It is such a pleasure to listen to Rep. Porter. She's got my vote ! I wish we had more like her. She is a ray of hope in a MAGA world gone mad and bereft of ethics.

  • @benegan3903
    @benegan3903 4 года назад +17

    Claim my time I could watch these all day keep it up

  • @cindywilson6119
    @cindywilson6119 3 года назад

    Sick`em Katie!!! That's my Girl!!! God I'm glad she's on our side! SHAME ON HIM!!!!!

  • @383stevie
    @383stevie 3 года назад +23

    I love this woman, she says the truth that needs to be on main stream media!!

  • @suzymoon8414
    @suzymoon8414 4 года назад +13

    Go get ‘em, Katie!

  • @MotherMartini
    @MotherMartini Год назад +1

    So grateful someone is out there actually holding the greedy business leaders' feet to the flame of accountability. Unfortunately, regardless at how effective Ms. Porter is at highlighting their greed I don't see any real change happening until bonuses are eliminated and\or not tied to company earnings.

  • @progressiveminded5858
    @progressiveminded5858 4 года назад +31

    He looks scared. Go easy on him Katie.

    • @evillyn7895
      @evillyn7895 4 года назад +18

      Nope...he deserves every jab Katie can get in!

    • @lovelyskull3483
      @lovelyskull3483 4 года назад

      Progressive Minded 😂😂😂😂

    • @benjamingardner3314
      @benjamingardner3314 4 года назад +7

      He looks unenthusiastic. There is a difference. Scared would be believing that Porter's line of questioning would lead to problems for him. They won't as long as healthcare remains as it is. Biden is a bandage, but he's only trying to get us back to normal. Normal is no longer sustainable, it must be raised, 'progressed' if you will. I'm a conservative, and I don't believe in spending excessive amounts of money on frivolous or wasteful things. So corporate bailouts need to be cut and Americans need a better minimum, which would probably be a net savings when it's all said and done.

    • @JustMe-um8zp
      @JustMe-um8zp 4 года назад +7

      No. Pull no punches. Hold his feet to the fire. Let him burn.

    • @mamasays7986
      @mamasays7986 4 года назад +6

      No. She needs to nail him to the wall. My cousin DIED because she could not afford her cancer treatment her oncologist wanted for her and had to make do with treatment that was less than optimal.

  • @lisamariebarker6816
    @lisamariebarker6816 4 года назад +20

    Katie Porter is my hero!!!! All of us here in California really appreciate the way you check those little men!!!!! Whiteboard rules!

    • @markclifford1857
      @markclifford1857 Год назад

      Hello 👋 Lisa. How are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Mark Clifford and am from Denver Colorado. Where are you from? You seem like a real country girl

  • @LillikoiSeed
    @LillikoiSeed 2 года назад +3

    I love her more than life itself. I wish she represented my space. The fact that she represents all of us is unique and ultimately clear. I swear to my God I will support her no matter where she goes

  • @KharmenSense
    @KharmenSense 2 года назад +2

    I love this gal....putting sense back into Dollars and Cents

  • @davejones130
    @davejones130 3 года назад +13

    I’m from the UK. I wish we had someone like her, she stands up to the greedy using facts! Love these CEOs scrambling for excuses 😂

  • @GregoryMcLean
    @GregoryMcLean 4 года назад +11

    Katie is a good lawyer.

  • @missus2416
    @missus2416 4 года назад +7

    Wow. Thank you.