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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts) Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:14 PM Nov 2015

GOP blocking investigation into high drug prices

Source: Washington Post

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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are chastising Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) for rebuffing their efforts to investigate price hikes by two pharmaceutical companies.

"My constituents are dying," Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) said at a news conference Wednesday morning. "They are dying because they cannot get a cure."

Cummings has for months been urging an investigation into Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which is now being probed by federal prosecutors, and has demanded documents from both Valeant and Turing Pharmaceuticals. After those requests were refused, he and his fellow Democrats in September pushed for hearings where the CEOs of the two firms would testify.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/04/house-democrats-gop-blocking-investigation-into-high-drug-prices/

Going after the Big Boys by the Republicans is against there Religion, GREED and the Almighty Dollar!!

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GOP blocking investigation into high drug prices (Original Post) mitty14u2 Nov 2015 OP

How much you want to bet these obstructionists geomon666 Nov 2015 #1

I'd bet my life savings sakabatou Nov 2015 #2

Chaffetz like most of Utah's Wellstone ruled Nov 2015 #3

One thing about Repugs, you always know their allegiance in any situation. lark Nov 2015 #4

Benghazi liberal N proud Nov 2015 #5

isnt chairing committees something to vote for? saturnsring Nov 2015 #6

All of these slaps to the 99% SCVDem Nov 2015 #7

Hey Debbie Wassermann Schultz , kacekwl Nov 2015 #8

geomon666

(7,512 posts)

1. How much you want to bet these obstructionists

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:22 PM

Nov 2015

are taking money from these pharmaceutical companies?

sakabatou

(42,180 posts)

2. I'd bet my life savings

Reply to geomon666 (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:26 PM

Nov 2015

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. Chaffetz like most of Utah's

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 03:51 PM

Nov 2015

Rethugs,owe their souls to the Supplement and Pill Manufactures. Remember,Utah is the Supplement Capital of the world.

lark

(23,160 posts)

4. One thing about Repugs, you always know their allegiance in any situation.

Reply to mitty14u2 (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 04:06 PM

Nov 2015

It's to the 1% and fuck the rest. It's very simple. It's totally OK with them for people to die due to unreasonable and unwarranted price hikes in medicine. They have no problem with that at all.