Merck and Co Inc (MRK)

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In 2017, Green lobbied the Senate on behalf of pharmaceutical giant Merck on the Right to Try Act, legislation that passed and allows patients with life-threatening conditions to access experimental drugs. Burr, who sits on the Senate health committee, co-sponsored the bill on February 7 — the same month his house was sold.
Richard Burr Sold House to Lobbyist the Same Month He Co-Sponsored the Lobbyist’s Bill

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT
April 15, 2020 8:27 AM

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R., N.C.) sold his D.C. townhouse off-market for above market-price to a group led by a donor and powerful lobbyist connected to him, raising possibilities that the arraignment could violate Senate ethics rules.