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Leading up to President Trump's State of the Union on Tuesday night, February 4th, our office is sending out a series of reports entitled "President Trump: Failing Hard-Working American Families," on President Trump's record since he took office in 2017 and how his claims match up with reality. This is one of those reports.

One specific health care issue on which President Trump is failing hard-working families is prescription drug costs. Earlier today, our office sent out a separate fact sheet on this topic, entitled "President Trump: Failing Hard-Working American Families on Prescription Drug Costs."

In the wake of the tragic shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton and Chicago, over 210 House Democrats and more than 200 Mayors are demanding Majority Leader Mitch McConnell call the Senate back into session and take up House-passed, commonsense, bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation that will save lives.

Washington Post: House Democrats tell McConnell: Pass stricter gun laws now

President Trump's blanket, unconstitutional political strategy to defy Congressional subpoenas and conceal the truth from the American people suffered a major defeat yesterday.

In a victory for the American people and our nation's democracy, a federal judge upheld a congressional subpoena seeking President Donald Trump's financial records, arguing that Congress is within its constitutional rights to investigate potential illegal behavior by the President:

POLITICO: Judge upholds Dem subpoena for Trump financial records

Remember that photo?

Two years ago this weekend, May 4, 2016, House Republicans joined President Trump in the Rose Garden to celebrate the House passage of Trumpcare: legislation that would have gutted protections for people with pre-existing conditions, pushed 23 million Americans off health coverage, imposed an age tax on the health coverage of older Americans and more.

Tonight, the Trump Administration is returning to that same monstrous campaign – asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to destroy protections for people with pre-existing conditions and strike down every protection and benefit the Affordable Care Act provides.