You always know whose side Senator Brown is on. Senator Brown is always on the side of the working families and the senior citizens.

That means looking at pharmacy benefit manager practices with a thorough eye and taking any legislative steps necessary to ensure taxpayers and patients aren't getting a raw deal.

I am going to go out and have all these town hall meetings, and I am going to hold that up.

That is why I previously cosponsored something called Creating Transparency to Have Drug Rebates Unlocked.

Deamonte Driver was a 12-year-old who lived in Prince George's County, MD, about 7 miles from here.

The Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 would make material improvements to the transparency of the U.S. health-care system.

I think your answer is spot-on, and I would be interested in any information you have or could supply.

The consequences of this out-of-whack market are felt by taxpayers and American families every time they pick up a prescription at the pharmacy counter.

Your bill with Senator Grassley should make it more difficult for PBMs to hide profits from regulators.

In my view, that's a clear example of the perverse incentives PBMs have created that leave so many Americans fed up and outraged at the health-care system in this country.

I think we can do this. I think we can do it in a fiscally responsible way.

One of the reasons is that there are too many secrets of matters that do not need to be secret.

this is more reason for the Congress and this Committee to step in and do this job and do it in a bipartisan way.

Senator Stabenow has been one of the great leaders on health care in the U.S. Senate.

I am leading a bill with Senator Grassley, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, which would crack down on PBM's opaque rebate practices.

I am all-in for Senator Cardin's program.

One of the reasons is that there are too many secrets of matters that do not need to be secret.

Senator Cardin has been after these issues for years and years, before they became popular.