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Elijah Cummings: “Oh, believe me, I know. Martin Shkreli sat right in the seat that you are sitting in and thumbed his nose at us, called…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
Oh, believe me, I know. Martin Shkreli sat right in the seat that you are sitting in and thumbed his nose at us, called us imbeciles because we wanted to know why his company could raise the price of a pill from $13.50 to $750.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings criticizes pharmaceutical price hikes and recalls Shkreli's dismissive attitude.

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