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On the recordDecember 11, 2019
my good friend, the Senator from Texas, is just engaged in a gimmick to cover up all that he hasn't done on making drug costs lower. Now, 99 percent of what the public wants is not being allowed on the floor by his leadership when he was the whip, by this leadership, and now he wants to get well with a bill that is very small. Open up the floor to debate. We will debate all the big things that will really reduce prices, which people want, and we will debate his bill. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Texas.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Dec 11, 2019

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