Trump offi­cial cred­it­ed for drug-pric­ing nego­ti­a­tions advances to be RFK Jr.’s No. 2 at HHS

Chris Klomp, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s nom­i­nee for Deputy Health and Human Ser­vices sec­re­tary, was approved by the Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee despite con­cerns from Democ­rats about his role help­ing the admin­is­tra­tion reach deals with phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­nies to low­er the price of pre­scrip­tion drugs.
Klomp, who has been serv­ing as HHS Sec­re­tary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top advis­er since Feb­ru­ary, was approved on Thurs­day in a vote of 15–12, advanc­ing to the full Sen­ate for a final con­fir­ma­tion vote. Sen. Shel­don White­house (D‑RI) joined all Repub­li­cans on the com­mit­tee to move Klomp’s nom­i­na­tion for­ward.

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