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On the recordMarch 31, 2022
I remind my friend from Minnesota who was talking about party-line votes, we want to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, whether it is insulin or across the board, which we have done in the Build Back Better bill that is sitting in the Senate, and I can say I think virtually every single Republican voted against negotiating prescription drug prices. If you want to talk about a free market, then you ought to be able to negotiate prescription drug prices so that Americans across the board get the best possible prices for their drugs. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Morelle), a prominent and distinguished member of the Rules Committee.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado
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Mar 31, 2022

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