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On the recordMay 24, 2011
This particular requirement on diabetic testing supplies has been guaranteed by 47 states, and that would be eliminated by the Blackburn bill in those states.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the Blackburn bill for eliminating state requirements for diabetic testing supplies.

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