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Tom Harkin: “I have no problem with that. If that is the intent, to say--I will repeat to make sure I do not misunderstand--that the…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2000
I have no problem with that. If that is the intent, to say--I will repeat to make sure I do not misunderstand--that the Senator's intent by using the word ``promulgate'' is to say that any future rulemaking--I want to make sure the Senator hears my words, to make sure I am OK on this--that any future rulemaking done by the Secretary of Agriculture has to be done with the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, and that during any rulemaking when they are seeking that advice, the present standards will stay in place and be enforceable, that is fine.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing the role of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods in future rulemaking.

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