Improving Americans’ Quality of Life: Homes, Health, Jobs, and EducationOversight Committee Democrats are focused on preserving home ownership, getting America back to work, ensuring quality, affordable health care, and giving all students access to a high-quality education. |
Making Government Work for All AmericansOur aggressive agenda works to root out waste, fraud and abuse in government spending, enhance transparency, and ensure that the needs of Americans are put ahead of corporate special interest. |
Promoting the Safety and Well-Being of the American PeopleWe are committed to supporting our troops and veterans, protecting American consumers, and safeguarding national and homeland security. |
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Senate Chairmen Join Cummings’ Investigation of “Gray Market” Drug Companies |
New Joint Letters Seek Documents on Sales of Cancer Drug in Short Supply Washington, D.C. (Dec 15, 2011)—Today, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, joined Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in his investigation of “gray market” companies that trade in drugs in critically short supply. “Americans deserve confidence that drug companies are not conspiring to run up profits at the expense of ordinary consumers,” said Rockefeller. “Far too many families struggle with the high cost of medication, often sacrificing other items like food, clothes or even electricity so that they can pay for live-saving drugs. It’s my hope that we can review these documents shortly and without delay.” “Unscrupulous gray market wholesalers can threaten the safety and security of the entire drug supply chain through which Americans access life-saving medications,” said Harkin. “It is critically important that these companies provide us with the information we are requesting in order to ensure that Americans are not being charged outlandish prices for the drugs that could mean the difference between life and death.” Today, Cummings, Rockefeller, and Harkin sent a joint letter to Superior Medical Supply, a “gray market” drug company in Colorado that has thus far refused to cooperate with the investigation. |
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