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On the recordJuly 23, 2019
I have made it clear to the acting FDA commissioner, Dr. Sharpless, and Commissioner Gottlieb before him, that FDA's hapless spectatorship has to come to an end, whether by law, regulation, court order, or discovering the political will to get off the sidelines.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes the FDA for failing to regulate the e-cigarette industry effectively.

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