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Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers spent his 14 years in Congress taking check…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Abdul El-Sayed talks to Kaitlan Collins after his Michigan primary win

Published | Video Starts at 03:20

We can address the fact that too many people worry about the fact that they might get sick and don't have the health care that they need and deserve. Mike Rogers is exactly the opposite of that. Mike Rogers spent his 14 years in Congress taking check after check after check, totaling more than a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. for which for his vote, he voted 19 times to raise prescription drug prices, helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic. 600,000 people dead. (03:20–03:27)

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Asserts that Mike Rogers received over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry during his time in Congress.

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