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Pete Stark: “I should certainly hope so, after the experience we have had with the ripoff of this AmGen Co., which is making…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1994
I should certainly hope so, after the experience we have had with the ripoff of this AmGen Co., which is making unconscionable profits on people who need dialysis, unwilling to bargain with the United States, while we throw the taxpayers' money away at these unscrupulous profiteers in the drug industry. I should hope that the gentleman would have the wherewithal to want to protect the taxpayers--
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Pete Stark
California

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Addressing concerns about drug company profits and taxpayer money.

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