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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to report to Congress on the effect of certain anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical supply chain. </p>]]></text>
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