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Tammy Baldwin: “[This] president ran on bringing prices down. He said on day…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Discussion on Presidential Tariff Announcement and Pharmaceutical Pricing

Published | Video Starts at 00:25

Look, the price of people's medications are out of reach for too many. At least in the last administration, we got the government negotiating with the big pharmaceuticals to bring prices down. You know, this [This] president ran on bringing prices down. He said on day one, families would see lower costs, that he'd be the chief at fighting inflation. We have seen just the opposite. We have seen policies put in place that are rising, raising the cost of things. (00:25–00:38)

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Asserts that the current president promised to reduce costs and fight inflation.

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