Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers voted 19 times to raise prescription drug…”

“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 took over a million dollars from the pharmaceutical industry. He Mike Rogers 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? For money and power. But that's what that party's about.” (01:56–01:59)

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