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Joe Pitts: “We worry about the jurisdictional creep that has been going on where you seek to grab as much regulatory territory as…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
We worry about the jurisdictional creep that has been going on where you seek to grab as much regulatory territory as possible.
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Joe Pitts
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Pitts expresses concern over the FDA's expanding regulatory scope.

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