Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning for a war on major pharmaceutical manufacturers as the new chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Sanders, one of the most outspokenly left-wing voices in the more moderate upper chamber, was picked to chair the Democrats’ side of the HELP Committee, which was previously chaired by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
“As the new chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, I am going to do everything I can to protect the needs of the struggling working class,” Sanders said in a video uploaded to Twitter, in which he previewed his plans for the committee….