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On the recordDecember 31, 2007
Thank you very much, Director. Let me first tell you how much we appreciate the work that you did back in, I guess, 2008, on the original IRIS process, which as GAO found lent itself to interference, perhaps even capture, and was not consistent with the transparency that one expects for this type of determination, where the life and health of Americans will be at stake.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse praises the director's previous work on the IRIS process and its importance for public health.

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