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Jeff Merkley: “We passed this act in June 2009. And it took 4 years and 4 months for the FDA to send it to OMB which, to me, is an…”

On the recordApril 2, 2014
We passed this act in June 2009. And it took 4 years and 4 months for the FDA to send it to OMB which, to me, is an egregious amount of time.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes the delay in FDA action on tobacco regulation.

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