Biden appears with vulnerable House Democrat in Virginia

President BidenJoe BidenBillie Eilish meets with Biden on the White Home Marjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ comment Biden talks power and safety with Saudi King Salman MORE on Thursday appeared with Rep. Abigail SpanbergerAbigail Davis SpanbergerOvernight Power & Surroundings — Biden tries to reverse Trump on energy vegetation 23 Home Democrats name for Biden to maintain full local weather funds in Construct Again Higher Pelosi says she’s open to inventory buying and selling ban for Congress MORE (Va.), a susceptible Home Democrat, to debate decreasing prescription drug prices.

The president touted the work the congresswoman has accomplished on well being care whereas highlighting decreasing medical prices, which is a key provision of his Construct Again Higher agenda.

“Its nice to be right here with Abigail, congresswoman Spanberger and in each chapter in her profession, in each chapter, she’s all the time been about one factor, service, service,” Biden mentioned in remarks in Culpeper, Va.

Biden argued that well being care is a part of Spanberger’s congressional origin story. 

“Again in 2017, she noticed her consultant in Congress vote to repeal the Reasonably priced Care Act, that was certainly one of greater than 100 Republican efforts,” he mentioned. “However she knew that was the precise reverse of what central Virginia badly wanted.” 

Spanberger defeated former Republican Rep. Dave Brat in 2018 and was reelected in 2020 by a margin of 1.8 p.c. Biden received Virginia in 2020 by over 54 p.c and narrowly received her district.

The Cook dinner Political Report says Spanberger’s race presently leans Democratic. A crowded Republican main for commonwealth’s seventh congressional district consists of state Sen. Bryce Reeves (R) and Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega, amongst others. 

The district is newly redrawn and not consists of numerous Richmond space suburbs that have been a part of Spanberger’s base. The district now extends from Caroline County to Madison County, together with Fredericksburg and Dale Metropolis. 

Spanberger mentioned that since she first ran for Congress, decreasing drug costs has been high of thoughts for her constituents. 

“They’re outraged that in the US of America, they need to pay ten occasions as a lot or extra as sufferers in different nations pay for a similar remedy,” she mentioned.

She mentioned she talks to constituents about delayed hire funds to purchase medicine, seniors skipping a meal as a result of they’ll’t afford remedy, and fogeys contemplating draining training funds to pay for medication. 

“Even within the midst of this second of restoration, our communities nonetheless battle with the sticker worth of many objects, together with and particularly on the pharmacy counter. COVID has exacerbated what was all the time, already a staggering day-to-day value for Virginia households and we’re lengthy overdue in addressing it,” she mentioned. 

Spanberger mentioned she welcomes any effort in Congress to decrease drug costs and maintain drug firms accountable for growing costs.

“We have to buck up and get it accomplished,” she mentioned.

The president was launched by a baby from Chesterfield, Va., with sort 1 diabetes. 

“I’ve to watch out with my bottles of insulin as a result of they’ll break very simply and nicely, I’m a 12-year-old boy,” he mentioned. 

He thanked Spanberger and Biden “for all they’re doing to verify I will proceed to stay safely and actively with reasonably priced insulin.”