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Jeff Merkley: “It took 4 years and 4 months for the FDA to send it to OMB which, to me, is an egregious amount of time.”

On the recordMarch 25, 2014
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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Criticizing the lengthy delay in FDA processing of the deeming regulation.

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