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Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers took over a million dollars from the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:53

You've got Republicans who will do anything for power and money, including corrupt their office, just like Mike Rogers has for the 14 years he was serving in Congress. He Mike Rogers took over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. He voted 19 times to raise prescription drug prices. And then he helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic, killing nearly 600,000 people. Why? (01:53–01:56)

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Asserts that Mike Rogers received significant financial contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.

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