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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took aim at pharmaceutical companies on Sunday over upcoming price hikes for COVID-19 vaccines and high prescription drug prices more broadly, telling Face the Nation that he believes there is room for bipartisanship to bring down costs for working class Americans.The independent s stanley cup enator recently called on Moderna s chief executive officer Steacute;phane stanley becher Bancel to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions HELP Committee, which he chairs. Sanders called the hearing after the company suggested it would quadruple the price of COVID-19 vaccines once the shots transition to the private market.On Sunday, Sanders noted that U.S. gave Moderna billions of dollars to develop its vaccine. U.S. officials have said stockpiles of government-bought vaccines could run out by this summer. What happens after the government stockpile of the vaccine expires These guys say, we re going to quadruple the price of the vaccine, Sanders said. Truth is, [the] pharmaceutical industry is enormously greedy, charging us outrageously, uncontrollably high prices. We ve got to deal with that, as chairman of the relevant committee, I intend to do what I can. Full transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Face the Nation Last week, Bancel agreed to testify before the Senate HELP committee stanley cups uk during a hearing in March. One day later, Moderna said it would develop a program to ensure that uninsured and underinsured people can Swdk Republicans Criticize Elizabeth Warren Appointment, Call for Confirmation
Updated 4:23 p.m. Eastern TimeRepublican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah has lashed out at the Republican National Committee over its continuing practice of sending out a fundraising mailer that claims to be a census document. They re trying to be deceptive, and it outrages me, Chaffetz said in an interview with The Plum Line s Greg Sargent. As TPMMuckraker s Zachary Roth reported Monday, the RNC is continuing to send out a fundraising appeal with the words census and DO NOT DESTROY/OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, despite a law passed weeks ago banning these types of mailers. Here is a copy of the mailer. The RNC, which has faced a string of scandals under the leadership of chair Mich stanley cup usa ael Steele pictured , argues the law does not apply to its mailers, which note in relatively smaller print that it is not a U.S. government document. Chaf starbucks stanley cup fetz, who co-sponsored the law banning such mailers, said it is indeed a violation. I m happy to walk over there and give them a lesson, he told Sargent. Just don t use the word census and you don t have a problem. They re going to have to abide by the law, added Chaffetz. The reason they re using the word census is they re trying to deceive people. I think that s wrong. Even though it s my own party I ve got to call this out for what it is. Along with Darrell Issa of California, another Republican and the co-spo stanley cup nsor of the law, Chaffetz is reportedly drafting a letter calling for a halt to the
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took aim at pharmaceutical companies on Sunday over upcoming price hikes for COVID-19 vaccines and high prescription drug prices more broadly, telling Face the Nation that he believes there is room for bipartisanship to bring down costs for working class Americans.The independent s stanley cup enator recently called on Moderna s chief executive officer Steacute;phane stanley becher Bancel to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions HELP Committee, which he chairs. Sanders called the hearing after the company suggested it would quadruple the price of COVID-19 vaccines once the shots transition to the private market.On Sunday, Sanders noted that U.S. gave Moderna billions of dollars to develop its vaccine. U.S. officials have said stockpiles of government-bought vaccines could run out by this summer. What happens after the government stockpile of the vaccine expires These guys say, we re going to quadruple the price of the vaccine, Sanders said. Truth is, [the] pharmaceutical industry is enormously greedy, charging us outrageously, uncontrollably high prices. We ve got to deal with that, as chairman of the relevant committee, I intend to do what I can. Full transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Face the Nation Last week, Bancel agreed to testify before the Senate HELP committee stanley cups uk during a hearing in March. One day later, Moderna said it would develop a program to ensure that uninsured and underinsured people can Swdk Republicans Criticize Elizabeth Warren Appointment, Call for Confirmation
Updated 4:23 p.m. Eastern TimeRepublican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah has lashed out at the Republican National Committee over its continuing practice of sending out a fundraising mailer that claims to be a census document. They re trying to be deceptive, and it outrages me, Chaffetz said in an interview with The Plum Line s Greg Sargent. As TPMMuckraker s Zachary Roth reported Monday, the RNC is continuing to send out a fundraising appeal with the words census and DO NOT DESTROY/OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, despite a law passed weeks ago banning these types of mailers. Here is a copy of the mailer. The RNC, which has faced a string of scandals under the leadership of chair Mich stanley cup usa ael Steele pictured , argues the law does not apply to its mailers, which note in relatively smaller print that it is not a U.S. government document. Chaf starbucks stanley cup fetz, who co-sponsored the law banning such mailers, said it is indeed a violation. I m happy to walk over there and give them a lesson, he told Sargent. Just don t use the word census and you don t have a problem. They re going to have to abide by the law, added Chaffetz. The reason they re using the word census is they re trying to deceive people. I think that s wrong. Even though it s my own party I ve got to call this out for what it is. Along with Darrell Issa of California, another Republican and the co-spo stanley cup nsor of the law, Chaffetz is reportedly drafting a letter calling for a halt to the
