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Ed Whitfield: “I do get upset about it, because we see a plethora of executive orders and regulations relating to asthma, and other…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2015
I do get upset about it, because we see a plethora of executive orders and regulations relating to asthma, and other things like that, but I am not aware of one executive order or regulation to address this issue, and this is an issue that can really destroy a lot of people in this country and around the world.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Whitfield expresses frustration over lack of regulations addressing antibiotic resistance compared to asthma.

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