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William H. Frist: “In response to my distinguished colleague, this issue of having a general agreement that we would work out technical…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2002
In response to my distinguished colleague, this issue of having a general agreement that we would work out technical language, and then after 48 hours or 72 hours have the bill come to the floor without the opportunity, in a bipartisan way, to be able to access experts in the field, is what concerns me most. You can take an initial bill and improve it a little bit, and then you can leave something out and not reach bioequivalency. In response to the question is a particular instance where during the discussion, the mark-up, we said let's get together and make absolutely sure that we address it in a way so that standards are not being loosened; yet, the bill that comes to the floor does not have that guarantee in it.
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William H. Frist
Tennessee
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Discussing concerns about the legislative process and the importance of expert input on a bill.

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