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Doug Bereuter: No government can guarantee its citizens zero risk, and no public agency should presume to try.

On the recordMay 18, 1999
No government can guarantee its citizens zero risk, and no public agency should presume to try.
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Doug Bereuter
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congress.gov
May 18, 1999

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Statement on government responsibility regarding public health and consumer choice.

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