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Rick Scott: “Over the last 30 years, the drug production in this country…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott Warns: U.S. Seniors Rely on China for Life-Saving Drugs

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

And the Chinese ccp. And you are very concerned about that. Why are you worried about that? Well, here's what we've done. Over the last 30 years, the drug production in this country has moved from here, where the FDA actually inspects the plants to Russia to China and India with most ingredients coming out of China where there's basically no inspections. Right. We know from studies that it's not safe. We know that they can cut it off like they did with PPP after Covid, like they've threatened to do with rare earth. (00:46–01:04)

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Asserts that drug production has moved to countries with less FDA oversight, primarily China.

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