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Ron Johnson: “We have enormous drug shortage of just basic things like…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Discussion with Senator Ron Johnson on American Spending, Trade, and Tariffs

Published | Video Starts at 18:43

I didn't realize it really until I held a hearing right as we're entering Covid in February 2020. We don't make the precious cursor chemicals. We don't supply the active pharmaceutical ingredients to most of the drugs. In America, We have enormous drug shortage of just basic things like heparin. I mean, that's just an ongoing problem. So we've got a real issue in terms of drug supply. That's a vulnerability. (18:43–18:48)

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Asserts that there is a significant drug shortage in the U.S., including basic drugs like heparin.

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