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On the recordMarch 22, 2021
This is an industry that has paid $32 billion in fines for a variety of illegal actions over the last 20 years.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

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Sanders highlights the pharmaceutical industry's history of legal issues and fines.

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