A group of House Democrats chanted in support of Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPowell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE's (D-Calif.) signature drug pricing bill during President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE's State of the Union address Tuesday.

As Trump delivers his speech Tuesday night, the Democrats chanted "H.R. 3," a reference to Pelosi's bill that passed the House late last year. Every House Democrat voted for the measure.

WATCH: Democrats chant "HR 3," referencing bill on drug prices, in response to President Trump's call for legislation to lower prescription drug prices. pic.twitter.com/zqbUvoldWB — NBC News (@NBCNews) February 5, 2020

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Among other provisions, the legislation calls for Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE (R-Ky.) has called the bill socialism and said it will not pass the Republican-controlled upper chamber.

The chanting erupted after Trump urged lawmakers to pass bipartisan drug pricing legislation. Trump said he would sign legislation if it got to his desk.

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Pelosi spent months in talks with Trump to try to get him to support the bill. During the 2016 campaign, Trump famously broke with his party and said he supported letting the government negotiate drug prices.

But the White House distanced itself from Pelosi’s bill and eventually came out against the legislation. Trump said Pelosi's bill would impose “price controls” and indicated he would veto it.

Lowering drug prices is seen as a rare area of possible bipartisan action, and it polls consistently as one of the top issues for voters. Democrats and progressive groups plan to spotlight the bill as the central piece to their health messaging in 2020.