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Bobby Rush: “I just want to reiterate and restate my call that rather than us moving so quickly to markup, especially in light of…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2012
I just want to reiterate and restate my call that rather than us moving so quickly to markup, especially in light of this discussion, that we take time to invite the FDA and the EPA here so that we can get to the bottom of some of these outstanding questions that we have and get some real answers to these questions.
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Bobby Rush
Democratic · Illinois

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Rush emphasizes the need for more time and input from FDA and EPA before proceeding.

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