News Briefs: Senators Press Kennedy Over Mar-a-Lago Dinners With Pharma Execs
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Mar 13, 2025
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote a letter on March 10 to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., regarding a report that Kennedy met with pharmaceutical and health care executives at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. They cited a Feb. 17 Wall Street Journal article that mentioned Kennedy was present at “several” of the dinners Trump hosted with executives who paid “millions of dollars” to attend. The senators noted that Kennedy vowed last year to “clean up corruption” and “stop the revolving door between industry and government.” They asked Kennedy to detail how many private meetings he attended with pharmaceutical industry executives, what was discussed at the meetings, how much money executives paid to attend the meetings and whether Kennedy or his campaign received payments from pharmaceutical companies, trade groups or employees since November 2024. Wyden is the Senate Finance Committee ranking member, while Sanders is the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member.
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