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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
Many in the device industry argue that Europe should be our model and they say new technologies are available years before they are on the market in the United States.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman critiques the device industry's argument for using Europe as a regulatory model.

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