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George Whitesides: “He's [Mike Garcia] taken tons of money from the pharma…”

Featuring: George Whitesides, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 27

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George on the Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart

Published | Video Starts at 02:09

… stock before his congressional committee came out with a very damning report on Boeing and then failing to report that to the voters, you know, as required by congressional regulations. He's [Mike Garcia] taken tons of money from the pharma industry and...voted against enabling the government to negotiate drug prices. This is somebody who is not representing our interests or our values. Values. And we got to make a change. George Whitesides, thank you so much. (02:09–04:12)

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Asserts that Mike Garcia received significant contributions from the pharmaceutical industry and voted against government negotiation of drug prices.

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