Grassley Seeks Becerra’s Help On Rx Bill With McConnell Out Of Way

With former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) out of the way, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said it’s possible to pass the bipartisan drug pricing bill he helped negotiate in 2019, and he asked HHS Secretary-nominee Xavier Becerra whether the Biden administration would support that bill, but the California attorney general didn’t answer. In 2019, the Senate Finance Committee passed drug pricing legislation that then-Finance Chair Grassley negotiated with current-Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR). At the markup, Wyden said Democrats would...