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On the recordSeptember 29, 2022
Is she declaring a conflict of interest on this legislation? Tongue-in-cheek. Excuse me. We are all excited, awaiting the good news in terms of her family, and I think it is appropriate that we have this legislation on the floor today to help families all across the country. The complexity that we found out in terms of the infant formula supply leaves us all scratching our heads in terms of all these elements. I appreciate Congresswoman DelBene early zeroing in on this, mobilizing support, helping refine legislation, and enabling us to act very quickly. This is an area that I hope that we will be able to have further conversations because I think there are issues in terms of healthcare supply chain and industrial policy. It isn't, I think, quite so easy to snap our fingers and make sure that we are protecting this because it is a complicated matter. I know that at times, there are differences in terms of how much we should be interfering with the private sector and what they do. I think this might be an area that we can work together to figure out ways that we can hit the appropriate balance, meet the need, not be too intrusive, but make sure we are not behind the curve.…
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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Sep 29, 2022

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