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Dan Burton: let me say to my colleague, who has been the leader on this issue for a long time, we all appreciate your hard work. And…

On the recordJune 2, 2003
let me say to my colleague, who has been the leader on this issue for a long time, we all appreciate your hard work. And I understand your saying, shame on us. But the Food and Drug Administration, which we pay for with taxpayers' dollars, should not be protecting the pharmaceutical industry and making sure that these exorbitant profits are made year in and year out, and then coming to the rescue of the pharmaceutical industry when they are trying to stop the reimportation of pharmaceutical products from Canada by saying that there is a safety issue. It is unconscionable what they are doing over there, and we need to keep the heat on them. So maybe not, shame on the pharmaceutical industry by itself, but shame on them and the FDA and us for not being more responsive.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Addressing concerns about the FDA's relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.

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