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On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, on my time, I have a question for the gentleman from California (Mr. Ruiz). I have great respect for the doctor and his medical knowledge--just two questions. One, if the medical device has been made, right, and then there is a defect, so they throw it away, and if we have labeled that as a toxic chemical, then that chemical in the municipal waste now becomes a Superfund site; right? I yield to the gentleman from California.
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