Watch as Janet Yellen, the US treasury secretary, makes remarks on the Biden Administration’s efforts to lower health care and prescription drug costs through the Inflation Reduction Act.

She will be speaking from Pennsylvania on Tuesday 13 February.

“I’m excited to be in Pittsburgh today and Detroit tomorrow to meet with local leaders, business leaders, and community members and discuss the impact of President Biden’s economic agenda and our administration’s efforts to lower health care costs and support small businesses,” Ms Yellen wrote on social media ahead of her speech.

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