Sherrod Brown

With the Inflation Reduction Act, we stood up to big pharma and dark money and finally began to take action to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.

I have been working on this my whole career, pushing for Medicare price negotiations, pushing to crack down on drug company price-gouging.

But PBMs think that they can pay below cost to pharmacies and still get away with it.

With the Inflation Reduction Act, we stood up to big pharma and dark money and finally began to take action to bring down the cost of prescription drugs.

Another concern I have with DIR fees is that pharmacies are paid or forced to pay based on quality measures.

I have been working on this my whole career, pushing for Medicare price negotiations, pushing to crack down on drug company price-gouging.

I think they do it intentionally wrong.

I called the administration last year to finalize its DIR fee reform proposal to help lower drug costs for seniors.

I will continue to fight to protect American workers from Wall Street arrogance and greed.

I think there would have been a contagion, and I think we would be in a worse situation today with consequences for the actors in our economic system.

Monday morning quarterbacking aimed only at the actions of regulators this month is as convenient as it is misplaced, coming from those who have never met a Wall Street wish list they did not want to grant.

The scene of the crime does not start with the regulators before us. Instead, we must look inside the bank, at the bank CEOs, and at the Trump-era banking regulators, who made it their mission, again, to give Wall Street everything it…

That's why I'll be introducing legislation to strengthen regulators' ability to impose fines and penalties, clawback bonuses, and ban executives who caused bank failures from working at another bank ever again.

They increased liquidity, promoted confidence in our banking system, and protected the deposits of customers and small businesses--not the investments of executives and shareholders.

I will continue to fight to protect American workers from Wall Street arrogance and greed.

Thanks to the New Deal and the hard work of our regulators today, most bank failures, while never a good thing, are generally not a big deal.

Thank you. And if you can answer this really briefly, because I do not want to go over my 5 minutes.

I think there would have been a contagion, and I think we would be in a worse situation today with consequences for the actors in our economic system.

The scene of the crime does not start with the regulators before us. Instead, we must look inside the bank, at the bank CEOs, and at the Trump-era banking regulators, who made it their mission, again, to give Wall Street everything it…

Monday morning quarterbacking aimed only at the actions of regulators this month is as convenient as it is misplaced, coming from those who have never met a Wall Street wish list they did not want to grant.

They increased liquidity, promoted confidence in our banking system, and protected the deposits of customers and small businesses.

I will continue to fight to protect American workers from Wall Street arrogance and greed.

Monday morning quarterbacking aimed only at the actions of regulators this month is as convenient as it is misplaced, coming from those who have never met a Wall Street wish list they did not want to grant.

Most bank failures, while never a good thing, are generally not a big deal.

I think there would have been a contagion, and I think we would be in a worse situation today with consequences for the actors in our economic system.