Anna Eshoo in ScienceDebate.org

On Drugs: Allow medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder

On Government Reform: Advocate for strong privacy laws to avoid online abuse

A: The unregulated mass abuse of personal data online is simply unacceptable. The U.S. needs a strong privacy law, and it's why I introduced the Online Privacy Act, which is considered the strongest privacy bill introduced in the House or Senate. My legislation creates privacy rights, ensures abuses will be investigated and laws enforced, and restores individuals' trust in technology.

On Health Care: Ban direct-to-consumer TV ads for prescription drugs

A. I helped write H.R. 3 the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which will lower the cost of prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to directly negotiate the price of the most expensive drugs in our country, including insulin. This is about economies of scale. Both the VA and Tricare have directly negotiated drug prices for decades and Medicare should be no different. The U.S. should ban direct-to-consumer TV advertisements for prescription drugs. Direct-to-consumer advertising creates consumer demand for new, expensive, and sometimes inappropriate prescription drugs, which why the American Medical Association has advocated for a ban on direct-to-consumer drug ads for the past five years.

On Technology: Promotes research & bills to better youth & maternal health

A: Congress provided over $5.5 billion to medical research to fight COVID-19, including $3.5 billion to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a priority of mine since I wrote the original legislation to create BARDA and its private-public partnerships that enable research to go beyond the lab bench into the lives of patients.