WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his response to the biggest outbreak of cyclosporiasis in U.S. history - and the extent to which political corruption may have contributed to the Trump administration's botched response.
"(P)olitical contributions and direct White House lobbying from Taylor Farms (or Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc, its parent company), the company implicated in the outbreak, raise urgent questions about the role this influence-peddling may have played in loosening federal food safety oversight and hampering the federal government's response to the outbreak," wrote S...