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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordFebruary 16, 2023
So your testimony is this bill benefits Big Pharma and allows them to make more money. Is that right?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Cruz questions whether the bill primarily benefits pharmaceutical companies.

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