New leadership, new faces, some losses
With health care–related committee assignments set for the 113th Congress, pharmacy is hoping for some positive legislative action.
APhA works with four main committees in Congress: Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means on the House side, and Finance and Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) on the Senate side. Each of these full committees has a health subcommittee.
After the 2012 elections, changes to key committees include new leadership and new faces.
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) replaced Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) as ranking member on the Senate HELP Committee. Because Tennessee was hit hard by the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to the now-closed New England Compounding Center, Alexander “ may be more engaged on drafting compounding legislation,” said Michael Spira, APhA Senior Lobbyist.
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