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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I've hauled Big Pharma and PBM executives before the Finance Committee.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Today, three PBMs control 80 percent of the market. We must do something about powerful middlemen to lower drug costs for consumers.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Our bill has guardrails. It does not give FTC any new power or regulatory authority.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I have long had concerns with the FTC's vague statutory authority, but at this moment, we cannot ignore the current state of affairs at the FTC.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

The Cantwell-Grassley PBM transparency bill directs the FTC to end well-known and documented PBM practices that drive up consumer price.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I believe, like Senator Cruz just said, that the consumer ought to be the point of everything that we are trying to accomplish.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I'll flag one other concern for the bill. It would pre-judge the results of the FTC's current study on the economic effects of PBMs.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I worked at the FTC, and I can tell you that with the Agency's overreach and activism, which will no doubt be difficult to sustain in court, it is no surprise that FTC staff morale has dramatically dropped.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

The Cantwell-Grassley PBM Transparency Act directs the FTC to end well-known and documented PBM practices that drive up consumer costs.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

PBMs will claim they pass on savings to consumers or through lowering premiums, but their spread pricing and clawback tactics prove otherwise.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

I hope this committee will have the same success voting this bill out.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

It is shocking that a commissioner would choose to resign rather than watch an agency's bipartisan tradition crumble in front of her eyes.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Improved information sharing between CBP and its private-sector partners would aid efforts to identify and curtail the sale of counterfeit imports.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Namely, and most pressing of which, is fentanyl--which is coming from China and destroying our communities.

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Chuck Grassley
@chuckgrassley· Republican · IA· Feb 15, 2023

Knockoffs not only violate intellectual property rights; they also threaten the economy and consumer safety.

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Charles E. Grassley
@charlesegrassley· IA· Feb 14, 2023

It's also important to hold online service providers accountable in keeping our children safe.

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