Q: As a state rep, what have you passed in the Republican legislature, and what does that say about your ability to operate in a Republican-led Senate?
@JamesTalarico: I've passed 60 bipartisan bills in just my first four terms on teacher pay, housing, child care, and prescription drugs. I'm a type 1 diabetic, and my first 30-day supply of insulin cost me $684. I put it on a credit card and soon learned that Texans with diabetes were rationing, skipping doses, and dying because they couldn't afford it. When I won my race, I brought Democrats and Republicans together to beat Big Pharma, and we capped insulin at $25 per prescription in the state of Texas.
Politics is dirty and soul-sucking at times, but if you bring people together, you can actually save people's lives. The fact that there are people walking around in our state because of a bill that I passed makes all of this worth it.