Fact check
“The revised bill passed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in July, with only Paul dissenting.”
Reasoning
The ProPublica article quotes the committee vote outcome, confirming that the revised bill passed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in July and that Senator Rand Paul was the sole dissenting vote.
On confidence: The claim is directly supported by a primary news article that explicitly states the revised bill passed the committee in July with only Senator Rand Paul dissenting.
Important context
The passage refers to the revised version of the Clear Labels Act and the committee's vote prior to full Senate consideration.
Evidence
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- Tier 1 — Primary sourceClear Labels Act Stripped of Critical Drug Safety Provisions — ProPublica
and Pensions. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H, raised the national security concerns, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-K.Y., said he worried about creating an additional hurdle to drug production. Ultimately, the revised bill passed the committee in July,…
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Where this claim appeared
“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate VoteProPublica · Naisha Roy