As Frances Ward-Green and Teal Corr toured the newly-renovated two-bedroom townhouse Friday morning, they talked about their own decades living in Camden's Cooper Plaza neighborhood.
"It was beautiful," said Corr when asked what the historic townhomes were like when she moved in in December 1994.
During a round-table discussion with Congressman Donald Norcross on Wednesday, Jane Leichner of Haddon Township held up a tiny tube of the prescription cold sore ointment she's been taking for years.
Then she cited its price: $978 for 5 grams at a national pharmacy chain.
"It's been around for decades. It's very effective, but it's a mystery why it costs this much," said Leichner, 74. "The price has been going up and up and up."
Norcross said the goal was to shine a spotlight on the issue with real life stories about how the high costs of prescription drugs is impacting everyday Americans and their health care.
U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – Chair of the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee – today toured Picatinny Arsenal, which plays a key role in developing and supporting the munitions of the U.S. Army and contributes to the state’s economy, and received assurances from senior leadership on-site that the Army has no plans to shift Picatinny’s critical mission set or high-tech jobs to another location.
Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross issued the following statement on his vote in favor of the Save the Internet Act, H.R. 1644:
“We need to preserve consumer freedom online, protect small businesses and promote competition – and the Save the Internet Act does all of these things. It balances our need to provide fairness for users and, at the same time, encourage innovation in the tech industry."