https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/07/11/election-2016-big-pharmas-70-million-tops-california-campaign-contributions/

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/10/17/big-pharma-congress-donations-pennsylvania/

"This year alone [2017] — which is not a congressional election year — Big Pharma has already donated $6,965,956 to members of Congress and spent a whopping $145,743,337 on lobbying in Washington.

“Pharmaceuticals is number one just in the first six months, nearly $145 million,” said Krumholz."