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On the recordNovember 19, 2003
We have talked this evening about the fact that this plan does not start until 2006... I hope we will have the courage to stand strong in the face of what is going to be, and we all know it, it is going to be an onslaught of TV advertising paid for by the pharmaceutical companies. And that is a shame.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Opposing a prescription drug plan for Medicare during a House floor debate.

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