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Mark DeSaulnier: “I said, 'Fine, Dick, I have a pill in my pocket that I take every day that keeps me alive.'”

On the recordApril 29, 2019
I said, 'Fine, Dick, I have a pill in my pocket that I take every day that keeps me alive.'
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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DeSaulnier discusses the high cost of his life-saving medication.

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