TOM BARTON Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau

Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a wide range of oversight and policy issues Thursday, urging the Trump administration appointee to work with Congress on drug pricing, rural health care and transparency in refugee resettlement programs.

During a Senate hearing, Grassley outlined seven areas of concern before asking Kennedy to respond. He began by stressing the importance of congressional oversight, saying it “allows us to hold bureaucrats accountable to the rule of law, and it helps keep faith with taxpayers.”

Grassley called for tougher scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, which he said drive up prescription drug costs, and pushed Kennedy to support bipartisan legisla

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