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Gilbert Gutknecht: But that is the slender reed upon which our own FDA has constructed this wall around the United States; and that is the…

On the recordMay 20, 2003
But that is the slender reed upon which our own FDA has constructed this wall around the United States; and that is the reason, my colleagues, that American consumers pay $360 and Germans pay $60.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota

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Discussing the impact of FDA regulations on drug prices during a floor speech.

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