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Michael Burgess: “I introduced H.R. 2700, which would use the $5 billion in offsets from the drug pricing bills that passed through this…”

On the recordJune 3, 2019
I introduced H.R. 2700, which would use the $5 billion in offsets from the drug pricing bills that passed through this committee with unanimous support to pay for 1 year of public health extenders.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Proposing a bill to fund public health extenders using offsets from drug pricing legislation.

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