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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “There was like one Democrat, maybe two, very beholden to…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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… pricing provision in there that was going to make so many prescriptions more affordable for people. And there was like one Democrat and that bill went through energy and commerce. There was like one Democrat, maybe two, very beholden to industry. It lost by one vote or it lost by one or two votes in that committee. And so that's how like all of these things get slowly chipped away because of that process. (24:49–24:59)

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Asserts that a prescription drug pricing provision was lost by one or two votes in the Energy and Commerce Committee due to industry influence.

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