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On the recordMarch 6, 2019
Drug makers have poured close to $2.5 billion into lobbying and funding Members of Congress over the last decade.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the pharmaceutical industry's lobbying influence related to the opioid crisis.

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