Rep. Porter grills Big Pharma CEO for price gouging

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.

[@knicol46]

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

[@lillyrose165]

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]

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

[@kenscott4954]

I am not an American Katie porter for president

[@lidge1994]

Seems like a good candidate for 2024

[@dborg56]

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

[@susangunn3581]

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]

Big corporations are SUPERIOR to people!

[@conorkennedy3304]

she's perfect

[@tonythornley6270]

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

[@paulcolburn3855]

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]

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

[@darinsingleton3553]

Her effectiveness in grilling Corporate CEOs was the reason she was kicked off of the Financial Services Committee by the Leadership of her own party. And, the reason I continue to support her today.

[@paulcolburn3855]

So you are saying that corporate America gives lobbyist dollars to the DNC and her own party kicked her off to keep the lobby dollars flowing in? Makes sense. But that would probably be the only reason.

[@joyceboisvert9167]

California homelessness where is all the billions going??

[@4EverGoth]

@@joyceboisvert9167 You do realize it’s a worldwide epidemic. People love to only bring up California because it’s a very liberal state. “I’m a MAGA, so let’s own the libs by bringing up CA and San Fran”. Check out Florida. Now that’s a state where everything goes to die! I’m not saying you’re MAGA. I don’t know. That’s just the stunt they love to pull. It’s gotten worse in Atlanta in the last few years. I see one man every day walking the same street, and it brings me to tears. I’d take him home if I could. Our gun violence has spiked significantly too. I honestly don’t know what Gavin Newsom’s plan is. In GA, I have a Republican Governor (non-MAGA), and he’s taking part of the leftover Pandemic money to build more shelters and HUD housing. He’s actually half good. I think it’s his team that help him make some good decisions. Florida…🤦🏼‍♀️

[@youmothershouldknow4905]

@@joyceboisvert9167utterly irrelevant comment/question

[@praymunread9985]

She is the most effective and efficient a true hero. The rest are just paid drones!!

[@annamariaiannacito5291]

KATIE PORTER! KATIE PORTER! KATIE PORTER! She is what America and the world needs, desperately!!!!!! KATIE PORTER!!!!!!

[@kathymatranza3994]

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

[@bavavi18]

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

[@zarakikon6352]

She would own Drumpf* for Sure !

[@kxj2298]

I would love to see that...she rocks

[@starsixseven9259]

@@bavavi18 reclaiming my country*

[@darkstorminc]

Trump is probably afraid of her lol

[@tobeboom]

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]

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

[@tobeboom]

@@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]

​@@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]

@@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.

[@ianfowler8743]

Everybody's gangster until Katie brings out her whiteboard.

[@bobbobb5759]

especially when they own her party - they couldnt give a toss about her rofl

[@TheSuzberry]

I love Katie.

[@ewlinitis]

Just make sure she doesnt get Covid.

[@newreach936]

Everybody is a lousy commenter until such a poetry fits in even if repeated!

[@tysams626]

That is so true, I just love this woman.

[@barbmartins6228]

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]

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

[@MelissaChapin]

@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]

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

[@dhoerst]

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

[@bm8292]

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

[@romyruncie5252]

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]

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]

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

[@WilliamMayCentury21]

*I wish Katie Porter was running for president*

[@jonw7214]

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

[@jake_from_statefarm7209]

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]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😞😞💯😞😞😞

[@richardmurphy479]

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

[@op3129]

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

[@antmagor]

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]

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

[@donna-donna]

Hahahaha 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 HILARIOUS!! 💕

[@benjimann4438]

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

[@knivez786]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marlenet5115]

@antmagor lol!!

[@bookbreakdown704]

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

[@russellpearce3749]

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

[@jaybusa3302]

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

[@davidowens2067]

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

[@TheTrishalyn]

@@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]

and yet, still stays respectful, and on topic.

[@audreymuzingo933]

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.

[@joaovic92]

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

[@msjaaye423]

😂😂😂

[@bunkyman8097]

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

[@teiganflynn4090]

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

[@memewackachica1389]

I love Katie Porter!! She gives me the little hope I have left for America.

[@beckymartin7436]

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

[@timdowney6721]

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

[@_rafa_-lp8vc]

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]

lol

[@danbrisson432]

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

[@urkryptoknight6793]

The one rep that actually cares about the people she represents. I would be proud to vote for this lady every day.

[@rcpsammy7186]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@carolynhoover9444]

@@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]

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.

[@hawgstar_4924]

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

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

That would require decency, not likely from them.

[@KSN580]

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]

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

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@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]

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

[@TheTherapistGamer]

Wow, amazing. I'm a big fan of Bernie Sanders but to be honest his age is the only downside - he won't be with us forever! It's so awesome to see someone with this kind of passion, who will also be with us for many decades to come!

[@davidcook680]

Bernie is a lying grifter.

[@raymonddowling5553]

Why that guys an idiot.

[@georgeoothoudt7358]

Hai yah! Porter has a black belt in scrutiny. Love Porter.

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

clear, concise , on target and loaded for bear !! Or, snakes !!

[@audraeden8923]

Reminds of years back, 60 Minutes Mike Wallace. Said about him...worst words in English language....Mike Wallace is here, he wants to see you.

[@Vee-jc1qh]

Every time I listen to Katie Porter, I become more hopeful, that she becomes a voice for the majority of Americans. Her hard work, researching and and fact finding are to be applauded as is her way of asking questions. So refreshing and uplifting.

[@SDGirl05]

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

[@theward1244]

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

[@antclerfont8478]

For real. No doubt about it.

[@ConvictedFelon2024]

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.

[@christinavogt2364]

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

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

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]

Amen!

[@steveflor9942]

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

[@kaleypittman1105]

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

[@dagnt8145]

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

[@peforster6725]

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

[@hooliganlexx]

We need more people like her

[@alonzo4164]

Astonishing she won’t run for President…

[@kapilchhabria1727]

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.

[@pamelapercle3724]

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!

[@raemarie3973]

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]

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]

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

[@KCFlyer2]

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

[@ficus4p]

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

[@roses6821]

@@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.

[@morticia3295]

This woman is honest to goodness an American Treasure!

[@carlacross2515]

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

[@NucularDonkey12]

Not American, but this is the Woman America NEEDS

[@erNomic]

Not American? That explains it. Americans love licking boots and she doesnt seem to.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

America needs people like her, people that will turn the US from a "For Profit" Oligarchy to a "The Best for Everyone" Society. Unfortunately most of the world is willing or be forced into following the get rich at any cost capitalism model of the US and taking down the world with it ;(

[@solar2607]

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! ❤

[@SAKtownAli]

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

[@Aidan-wu2ec]

I like how the ceo continuously died inside every time Katie began improving her points and destroying his logic

[@lohphat]

He didn't care. He's set for life. Sociopaths don't care what others think of them.

[@melissanoelle410]

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

[@elisam.2896]

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]

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

[@leftcoaster67]

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

[@hannahmckone6648]

Me, an Australian in my twenties who is not effected by any of these issues subscribing to this woman bc it’s awesome to see her take these evil corporations down.

[@jamesm.8392]

These corps could care less.

[@ragon39]

No you

[@matthewfarrell317]

As an Australian in my thirties, you are an absolute idiot. Without the US, we would not have anywhere near what we have in healthcare, and ours like all social healthcare is very poor.

[@victoriabarefoot7434]

I’d like to believe that she was taking these people down but I don’t believe it’s true. I think these people after the hearings will just go back to doing the same thing they’ve always done. Make as much money as they possibly can. I don’t think there’s any bringing them down

[@conorkennedy3304]

She's a total badass. Her seat is literally contested tonight.

[@hannabass1132]

Thank you Ms. Porter for fighting for all of us.

[@barnold23]

As a Canadian, I just cannot understand a society that charges the illest among them > $700 for a single dose of critical medication....

[@willmurray222]

Sorry knack you have your own big pharma prick in canada eh

[@syd5380]

As an American, I cannot understand why other Americans love to argue in favor of greedy pharmaceutical companies, absurd levels of medical debt, disgustingly expensive drugs and the wild inaccessibility of our healthcare system. A lot of people seem to prefer the idea of their fellow Americans needlessly suffering and dying to the idea of helping eachother out.

[@mohd_allearz8403]

@@willmurray222 As a Canadian myself, what does that have to do with what he said? Stick to the topic

[@saharalove08]

These pharmaceutical companies are making them sick to profit off of their sickness.

[@frigginjerk]

But it's such a great way for rich people to get even more money. What's so hard to understand about that? Are you under the wrong impression that American society and government has some other purpose that supersedes the further enrichment of the already rich?

[@17addidas]

Selfish Greed being called out and seeing itself in a mirror ....thats what this individuals Body language is revealing .

[@burdine26.120]

“The man who has millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.” - Samuel Gompers, May 1890, Louisville, Kentucky, kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqiUqoWAbdarqMk ------------------- What Greed has Done. - Chris Hedges kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKiQdYl9jLubf9k ------------------- Does Money Make You Mean? Study suggests, "Yes." - Paul Piff - TED Talk, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHubfKRnrNqWqc0 -------------------

[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

That isn't even it. Her facts are wrong.

[@bivensrk]

@@user-zu1ix3yq2w Source for your counter point?

[@josephhernandez8688]

I thought the same thing. As soon as she said the Word Revlimid he folded, you can see it in his eyes

[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

@@bivensrk You really need a source for something so simple? (Why aren't you bothering to fact-check her?) If she got this simple statistic wrong, what else did she get wrong?

[@Chimera_Photography]

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

[@annaloum1869]

Thank you that's my lady💪👏

[@wickedtreefarm6914]

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]

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

[@abikem4072]

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]

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

[@veemaxine5257]

He looked so uncomfortable and scared. Perfect.

[@hendrikusscherphof7348]

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

[@tammybastion7419]

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

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

Oh snap ! Her recap at the end was off the charts !!! All her questions led to it and he had no recourse but to answer her honestly, which exposed his faults and the companies, too. If Rep. Porter asks a question, be assured she KNOWS the answer and you'd better. And, she takes you to task , but still respectfully and on topic. Her techniques to draw out these answers is impeccable. All public servants should have these skills (unless they are at fault, ha). This man should feel guilt, but I doubt he does. In the corporate world, this greed is "just business". Like that's an excuse for greed, deception and callousness. 🤬 Americans are tired of that attitude - we expect YOU to bring your religious beliefs, morality and values to work with you , not feel it's not necessary because "it's just business". I am so proud of Rep. Porter , She is on the congressional Oversight committee and that helps us all. Thank you Rep. Porter, you really serve the people !!!

[@ScorpionXII]

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]

From what I have seen she always knows the answer.

[@brianegendorf2023]

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]

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]

I agree

[@johncolvin2561]

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

[@marykestell8464]

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

[@Alastriona]

Katie with a white board is a sight to be feared by witnesses before the Committee

[@MsMary957]

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

[@lynniedicker4869]

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

[@MsMary957]

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]

I would pay to see that !

[@majed4335]

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

[@juzzlookin]

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.

[@ericramirez4733]

KP you are my hero! Keep up the great work! Watching him fence over your questions made me feel truly elated. Fair questions. Uninspired answers. No big surprise there.

[@Evan-cv6kl]

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

[@mollycox8039]

Yay...well said!

[@tednguyen208]

At least he recognized his salary. That’s the only thing he remembers.

[@TheFalconerNZ]

But he still didn't want to acknowledge it as he knew what was coming. lol ;)

[@MrRodzilla]

i would remember it too if i got that

[@spookystitches9075]

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

[@edwingomez9308]

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

[@lizzyyc6594]

Holy shit she’s good

[@womanofsubstance8735]

It's even worse, Katie. The average senior on SS collects $1827 per month in 2023, not $3009. Keep up the fight, Katie. We need you and more like you.

[@minxjohannson2036]

Thank you for continuing to inspire me from half a world away!

[@Sbamabelle]

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]

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.

[@robertgreen9019]

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

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

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 !!

[@losiento2]

This channel deserves MANY more subscribers... Porter is AMAZING!!

[@happygirl8298]

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!

[@AaronHahnStudios]

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

[@SparkieFuchs]

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]

Demons run, when a good man goes to war.

[@CriticalRoleHighlights]

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]

@@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]

Captain Picard did have some pearls of wisdom :P

[@eponack]

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

[@bennerdan]

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

[@fmartin59]

So? Not anyone can do that job.

[@MichaelsHomeCooking]

The price of drugs is infuriating!

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

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]

@@KindCountsDeb3773 And YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

@@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 !

[@michellem6826]

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]

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.

[@walinton]

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.

[@yaozzer]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

$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]

Revlimid is now at $832 per pill. Crazy

[@treybaeder5492]

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.

[@thelocalninja5516]

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!

[@johngiangrande2996]

We love you Katie! Please, keep fighting for us all.

[@bhanani5480]

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!!!

[@kevinleblanc47]

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

[@SeanMurphy74]

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

[@blackmoor8281]

every politician should be replaced with a Katie Porter clone

[@leighdegenhardt485]

Thank God for Katie Porter! I pray for her continues successes and health! And to a point... The damned drug doesn't even work. If I were a member of a family who lost a family member while on this drug i would be screaming at the top of my lungs about this travesty right alongside her! Shameful that pharma get away with this ! I guess their money keeps them warm at night!

[@AwkwardAndAwesome]

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]

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!

[@masayuki83]

I see thumbnail of Katie Porter with a whiteboard, I click. Because I know someone with the old guard is about to be utterly humiliated.

[@lucienwinter4515]

Damn straight hahah

[@dreammaker9642]

This felt like when Rick said "You both a pain in my ass... actually I can prove it mathematically, this is a long time coming..." and proceeds to take out a white board.

[@brett8460]

the whiteboard of death

[@darrelllancaster9554]

Keep up the great work, Rep. Porter. I'm proud of You. 🇺🇸

[@patbarnhardt9581]

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

[@kailea2323]

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]

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

[@danielrucker9618]

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

[@ivechang6720]

I think someday that whiteboard will be in a history museum. "A Weapon of Terror in the hands of Katie Porter" might be an appropriate legend, ya think?

[@davewitter6565]

This is what price gouging looks like.

[@icemike1]

Price gouging with life and death 💀

[@poutintsev]

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

[@poutintsev]

@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]

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

[@Kevin-mb4xf]

​@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?

[@erikhofmann8261]

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

[@somebloke757]

I don’t know why the most used phrase in committee isn’t “I yield my time to Representative Porter”.

[@jakem.4971]

1 pill costs more than Donald Dump paid in taxes

[@scottbc31h22]

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

[@kathypiazza7228]

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]

Jake M. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Bamcis100]

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

[@crustyasstimbs8532]

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

[@MooseTracker100]

Thank you Katie Porter!! I have been on that pill for years to keep me alive. We need far more public exposure to your findings ❤

[@lisafreebairn7736]

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

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

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

[@NatorrieLee]

Damn She's Good

[@94est.43]

Good at what exactly?

[@adorablecheetah2930]

@@94est.43 at exposing fraud and dishonesty

[@zero11010]

Keep doing such great work! I hope these conversations go somewhere. Embarrassing a person doesn’t mean ANY changes happen. It doesn’t make society better by itself. This is an important per of the process to change things and I hope the rest of the process is maintained by people as rigorous as yourself. Thank you for your service.

[@zynjnn277]

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

[@missus2416]

Wow. Thank you.

[@louellagreen8365]

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

[@TraitorHater]

she said PRICE GOUGING and suddenly he took this seriously