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David Cicilline: “To let the Sacklers get off scot-free with a few billion-dollar payment that is less than five percent on their money…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2021
To let the Sacklers get off scot-free with a few billion-dollar payment that is less than five percent on their money every single year is not just, and it is not fair.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline criticizes the proposed settlement for the Sacklers as unjust for victims.

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