03/01/2016
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"But, let's face it, there are so many drug company lobbyists up here that that bill didn't have a prayer, because the pharmaceutical company lobbyists outnumber Members of Congress probably 7 to 1."
"When you allow a company to create a product that is so powerfully addictive that in a very short time they create customers for life, that is a very troubling situation."
"OxyContin is so powerful, it is so powerful that in a very limited period of time a person who is prescribed this becomes addicted."
"We are creating a national healthcare system that will allow all of these people to continue to financially get the support from these pill mills."