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Tim Murphy: “Until that regulatory responsibility is moved out of those two agencies and out of any agency that performs select agent…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2014
Until that regulatory responsibility is moved out of those two agencies and out of any agency that performs select agent research and funds select research, I believe you can predict with high confidence the same types of problems, the same patterns, and the same cultures will remain in place in CDC labs, in USDA labs, and in the approximately 1,000 other labs they regulate.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy highlights the conflict of interest in CDC and USDA's dual roles in regulation and research.

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