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Patrick Kennedy: “The gentleman has mentioned prescription drugs a number of times. I think it is analogous to this debate, because that…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2006
The gentleman has mentioned prescription drugs a number of times. I think it is analogous to this debate, because that was a debate that took place late at night, and you used the elderly and their need of prescription drugs to pass a trillion-dollar bill that benefited the pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies in this country. The people of the United States know that, and they are going to see it again tonight. You are using people in order to pass your agenda for the very wealthy in this country and it is wrong.
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Patrick Kennedy
Rhode Island

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