Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from three drug companies at the center of the opioid epidemic in the United States.
According to FEC financial reports cited by the New York Post, Brown took in more than $200,000 from political action committees associated with Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen since 2003.
According to the filings, Brown brought in a total of $144,500 in contributions to his campaign and leadership PAC, America Works PAC.
From The Daily Wire:
He raised $85,000 from Cardinal Health, $56,500 from AmerisourceBergen, and $1,500 from McKesson. The latest donation was a $2,500 donation from Cardinal Health on September 21. The New York Post further reported that he took in $54,100 from lobbyists who worked for the three pharmaceutical distributors, including $5,600, the legal maximum, from a McKesson lobbyist in 2020 and again in 2021.
