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Kevin McCarthy: “It is shocking that this week, as we are pushing everybody, government, private sector, all people, to do more to try to…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2020
It is shocking that this week, as we are pushing everybody, government, private sector, all people, to do more to try to find a cure and to slow the spread, that the majority party would bring a bill to the floor this week that, according to the Council of Economic Advisers, would actually make it harder to find cures for diseases.
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Kevin McCarthy
Republican · California

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Criticism of a bill that could hinder drug development during the pandemic.

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