“Introduced legislation (the Emergency Insulin Act) to let states run emergency insulin programs, require insulin manufacturers to fund those programs, hold manufacturers accountable for price-gouging, and promote competition to drive down insulin prices.”
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All four cited sources were fetched and verified. (1) The smith.senate.gov introduction release (dated June 27, 2019, matching the promise date) confirms verbatim: "Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced bipartisan legislation to bring down the cost of insulin and to hold insulin manufacturers accountable for excessive increases in the price of the life-sustaining medicine," and lists all four promised provisions — establish State Insulin Assistance Programs (SIAPs) via federal grants to states/territories/tribes, ensure manufacturers fund SIAPs, penalize manufacturers for excessive price spikes, and reduce biologic exclusivity from 12 to 7 years. The rating's provision quote is an ellipsis-joined excerpt, but each fragment is genuinely present. (2) The PMC/Diabetes Spectrum (ADA) article confirms verbatim the quoted CDC-grants sentence and corroborates the bill's structure. (3) The May 11, 2023 reintroduction release confirms verbatim the quoted headline, documenting a sustained effort across Congresses. The promise was to INTRODUCE this legislation with those four features; she did so as lead sponsor with bipartisan support and reintroduced it — leading the vehicle. The rating correctly does not claim enactment. CHAMPIONED holds.
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