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Regardless of election outcome, changes coming to key Senate committee 

The Senate HELP committee will have at least three new faces post-election, and could have many as seven

November 3, 2020 12:19 AM UTC

While the outcome of Tuesday’s elections may not be known for some time, it is certain that there will be changes in the leadership and composition of a Senate committee that shapes the life sciences landscape in the U.S.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and two of the committee’s members, Sens. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), will retire from the Senate this year. ...