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Joe Pitts: “A lot of folks where I come from, they can't afford a $50 substitute for a $20 product that they have been taking for…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
A lot of folks where I come from, they can't afford a $50 substitute for a $20 product that they have been taking for way too many years.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Pitts emphasizes the economic impact of the inhaler removal on his constituents.

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This seems to smack of food politics, not public health.

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It is unfortunate that we have a Congress of the United States, the majority parties that want to just tear down this law.

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