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Lamar Alexander: “I wouldn't trust the FDA more than I would trust the Tennessee Department of Public Health to keep our medicines safe.”

On the recordNovember 14, 2012
I wouldn't trust the FDA more than I would trust the Tennessee Department of Public Health to keep our medicines safe.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Expressing distrust in the FDA's ability to ensure medicine safety.

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