Elizabeth Warren and RFK Jr. engage in 'fiery exchange' over Trump's 'scam discounts'

CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown were stunned by a "fiery exchange" between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The health and human services head testified Wednesday morning before the Senate Finance Committee, where Warren asked whether Kennedy would release information about tariff reductions for pharmaceutical companies whose products are sold on TrumpRx.

"For these scam discounts, President Trump has exempted these drug companies from his 100 percent tariffs," Warren said. "So think about that. Big Pharma makes billions of dollars in tariff relief by listing their drugs on TrumpRx, and then they don't even lower the costs on many of these drugs. That is a great deal for Big Pharma. So, Secretary Kennedy, here's my question: Did you sign off on these sweetheart deals for Big Pharma, or was this all President Trump's idea?"

Kennedy claimed that tariff relief was available only to companies that agreed to produce their drugs in the U.S. within the following year, and Warren asked if he had negotiated those agreement and when he would make those deals available to Congress for review.

"Pretty lively exchange," Blitzer said.

"Yeah, I mean, not surprising in many ways, but certainly fiery," Brown agreed. "It's not clearly his first time being under scrutiny and a tough line of questioning from senator."

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