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On the recordApril 3, 2017
Does it worry you that at the same time that we're trying to boost the number of staff implementing the FDA's mission that the President is trying to cut the number of FDA staff by preventing the agency from filling vacant positions and by enacting mid-year cuts?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren expresses concern over FDA staffing cuts amid hiring needs.

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