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Rick Scott: “We still buy most of our generic drugs from India or China…”

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

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Responding to Global Threats: A Conversation with Senator Rick Scott

Published | Video Starts at 33:16

Wow, I'm dumb. So it took us years to get that done. But now you can't even get a new Chinese drone license in this country, which is good. We still buy most of our generic drugs from India or China, which is most of our drugs. There's no inspection. FDA's not inspecting them. We know they're not good for us. Everything that comes out of China is crap. On top of that, most of the ingredients come from China. (33:16–33:22)

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