Opinion: Republicans promise to lower drug costs — don't believe them

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, held a hearing on drug prices and several CEOs of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world testified. Ostensibly, the hearing is to look at why drug prices are so high in the United States and discuss laws that could be implemented by Congress, or regulations imposed by the Trump administration, to help reduce the cost of medicine for the American people.