A large chunk of that $1.6 million has gone toward the campaign committees of six senators, who have received $100,000 or more from those seven companies’ PACs in the last decade. The campaign committee for Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania who ran for reelection in 2018, received the most in that time span: $121,500. Committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, who called on the seven companies to testify at the hearing, has also received contributions from these companies over the years. New Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla contributed $2,700 each to Senator Portman’s campaign committee and to the campaign committee of Senator Pat Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvania. Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO Giovanni Caforio contributed $7,500 to last year’s campaigns of Senator Carper and Senator Crapo.

Source: Forbes February 26, 2019 11:01 UTC