Trump Asks Congress to Codify His Drug Price Policy Into Law

The president listed key aims of his Great Healthcare Plan in his State of the Union speech, asking House and Senate leaders to take action.

Vice President JD Vance (L) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) (R) listen to President Donald Trump deliver his first State of the Union address during his second presidential term, in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to urge Congress to codify his prescription drug price initiative into law, an outcome some lawmakers see as a possibility.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) praised the cost-reduction potential of Trump’s Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing plan, saying: “That really does matter to the American people.”