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Tom Coburn: “Every application made to the FDA has to have the primary intent of a drug, as the gentleman well knows. My objection to…”

On the recordJune 24, 1998
Every application made to the FDA has to have the primary intent of a drug, as the gentleman well knows. My objection to the point of order is we presented this just like every other limitation that has been placed in this Congress on the dispensing of funds, and we have followed that guidelines and made no new requirements on the part of the FDA.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Discussing FDA regulations and funding limitations during a congressional debate.

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