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Dan Burton: “The language in the bill is essentially the same as it is right now, and that is that the head of the health agency…”

On the recordNovember 18, 2003
The language in the bill is essentially the same as it is right now, and that is that the head of the health agency, HHS, all he has to do is say there is a safety issue, which he has already said, and there will be no reimportation.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the implications of a health agency's authority in a bill.

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