Tauzin joins drug lobbysists

[JaneDoughnut]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/politics/16drug.html?oref=login&th

House's Author of Drug Benefit Joins Lobbyists
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: December 16, 2004

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 - Representative Billy Tauzin, a principal author of the new Medicare drug law, will become president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the chief lobby for brand-name drug companies, the trade group announced Wednesday.

"This industry understands that it's got a problem," Mr. Tauzin, a Louisiana lawmaker who is retiring from Congress, said in an interview. "It has to earn the trust and confidence of consumers again."

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This is Tauzin, Sr.

[Swamp Rat]

1. I thought he said he WASN'T going to do this!

Consumers will NEVER trust you Billy Tauzin, you asshole!