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Trent Lott: “Now, with regard to the Food and Drug Administration effort to make the bureaucratic FDA more responsive to the needs of…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
Now, with regard to the Food and Drug Administration effort to make the bureaucratic FDA more responsive to the needs of the American people, this really affects quality of life and health care, and I know the Senator from Massachusetts cares a great deal about that. This is one way we can help them to get medical devices and pharmaceutical products available to the American people. The vote in the committee was 14 to 4. Usually when you have a vote in the committee and it is overwhelming in a bipartisan way, you bring it to the floor and you have debate, amendments, vote, and move on.
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Responding to concerns about the Food and Drug Administration during Senate floor debate.

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