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Pete Hoekstra: “Fifty-two percent. One of my pharmacists called me this morning, and he is outraged because he opens his morning…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2003
Fifty-two percent. One of my pharmacists called me this morning, and he is outraged because he opens his morning newspaper, and he is seeing this ad and says, how do I compete? And I said, I want you to do a press conference with me next week. On Monday morning we are going to do this, and we are going to talk about that and expose the dirty little secret. This is not about drug safety. This is not about abortion. This is about the American taxpayers being gouged by greedy drug companies which I think was the headline in Illinois.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing concerns over drug pricing and the impact on taxpayers.

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