Cummings, Welch: Trump Is About To Betray His Voters By Aiding Rx Makers Instead Of Curbing Prices

By John Wilkerson / June 21, 2017 at 12:30 PM
House Democrats who met with the president in the spring to discuss drug-price policies are urging him to take aggressive action to curb price increases in an anticipated executive order. However, news reports indicate President Donald Trump is considering measures that are friendly to the drug industry . Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the ranking member on the House oversight committee, and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) say Trump should intervene in the work of the group he put together to develop...


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