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Brett Guthrie: If Chair DeGette was making this phone and I want to buy it and she said she is willing to take $100 for it, but she…

On the recordApril 9, 2019
If Chair DeGette was making this phone and I want to buy it and she said she is willing to take $100 for it, but she says, 'I will sell it to you for 300,' and give me 200 back, and that doesn't make sense.
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Brett Guthrie
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Guthrie uses an analogy to illustrate the confusion in drug pricing.

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