- “On behalf of the American people, we are sickened by these actions. Mr. Shkreli is holding hostage the patients who rely on this lifesaving medication, as well as the hospitals that administer it, by charging unconscionable prices for a drug on which he has a monopoly—just because he can.” http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-and-cummings-denounce-continued-prescription-drug-price-gouging 454 comments politics