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Neil Abercrombie: this is about money, money, piles of money, oodles of money, tons of money. This is what this is about. You do not have…

On the recordJuly 24, 2003
this is about money, money, piles of money, oodles of money, tons of money. This is what this is about. You do not have to worry about safety because if you cannot afford the drug in the first place, you are not even going to get it to take it, and if you are a Democrat, a minority Democrat, and you do not vote for this bill, there is not any Democrat in the country that is not going to say you sold out and you rolled over belly up again and you are not standing up for the people of this country. We deserve to be in the minority if we cannot pass this bill. We are defying everything that makes us Democrats, and if you are a Republican, then they are going to say you are in the pockets of the big pharmaceuticals again and you are just acting like a Republican. If you are a Republican or Democrat, vote this bill through and save the integrity of this House.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii

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Addressing the importance of voting for a bill related to drug affordability.

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