US House Speaker Pelosi Prioritizes Ending FDA Shutdown, Lowering Health Costs
Executive Summary
Newly-elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says her priorities are ending the government shutdown, lowering health-care costs, and adoption of new House rules that could make repealing measures like the medical device tax more difficult.
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