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On the recordDecember 6, 2016
two points. First of all, let me reiterate that is for inflation-adjusted dollars, not nominal dollars. The funding for the National Institutes of Health this year will still be roughly $7 billion less than what it received in 2004. That is point No. 1. Point No. 2--and I will yield briefly to my friend from Missouri--did I hear him say that he is supportive of reimportation and having the Federal Government--Medicare--negotiate prescription drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry? That is what I thought I heard him say. I yield to my friend.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Dec 6, 2016

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