Washington, D.C. — Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, was one of two members of the Iowa delegation to vote against a US House bill that caps the cost of insulin at 35 dollars.
The other was Representative Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, who says she doesn’t like the other costs that go with the bill.
The other two members of Iowa’s delegation in the U.S. House, Republican Marionette Miller-Meeks and Democrat Cindy Axne voted for it. Hinson says the bill gives too much control to the government.
Hinson says she favors another bill that includes several bipartisan provisions.
Hinson is seeking her second term in Congress. Democrat State Senator Liz Mathis is challenging Hinson for the seat. Mathis released a statement which says Hinson “would rather protect the profits of her pharmacy donors than deliver on her promises to Iowans. Instead of honoring her word and Iowans’ wishes, Ashley Hinson sided with party bosses and her drug company donors.”
