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On the recordMarch 21, 2017
They come, they do a song and a dance, they do the rope-a-dope, they talk about all these drug programs that they have for discounts, they sashay their way out of here, get on their planes, and they never lower the prices.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

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Cummings criticizes drug companies for failing to lower prices despite their claims.

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