BOSTON – Speaker Robert DeLeo, the Democratic leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, is polling lawmakers to learn how the votes might line up on the so-called Bathroom Bill, which would let transgender people use public restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity but not their anatomical sex.
The speaker, who supports the legislation (H 1577 / S 735), wants to see if he would have enough support to override a potential veto by Gov. Charlie Baker.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Infuriating members of Congress, a smirking Martin Shkreli took the Fifth at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday when asked about his jacking up of drug prices, then promptly went on Twitter and insulted his questioners as "imbeciles."
The brash, 32-year-old entrepreneur who has been vilified as the new face of pharmaceutical-industry greed was summoned by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is investigating soaring prices for critical medicines.
