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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJuly 27, 2011
It's a disturbing day when I think that the argument is, provide us more money and we'll do a better job.
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Richard Burr
Republican · North Carolina
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Burr criticizes the notion that more funding guarantees better FDA performance.

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