Person

Billy Tauzin

Former U.S. Representative from Louisiana; chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, then led PhRMA.

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Tauzin Named President of PhRMA, Roll Call, 15 Dec 2004. Scholarship & press
has been hired as president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
a Tauzin aide acknowledged the lawmaker had been first approached by the drug association in mid-January
Tauzin aided drug firms, then they hired him, NBC News, 22 Mar 2006. Scholarship & press
He started the day after his last term in Congress ended
a number of reports at the time pegged his annual compensation from PhRMA at between $1 million and $2 million
insisting that there was no relationship between his work on the Medicare bill and the new job
to deny allegations that he was negotiating the PhRMA job while working on the Medicare law
But even if Tauzin had done what he denies, he would have broken no laws, watchdog groups agree.
In December 2003, the same month that President Bush signed the bill, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Tauzin’s consideration of the PhRMA job “inappropriate"
As chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Tauzin had a key role in drafting and passage of the landmark Medicare Act of 2003.
With its provisions for prescription drug coverage, the act was a boon to the nation’s pharmaceutical companies.

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