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Joe Barton: “My basic problem is that I am not sure the FDA deserves a large increase in user fees given the amount of money that…”

On the recordApril 17, 2012
My basic problem is that I am not sure the FDA deserves a large increase in user fees given the amount of money that they have been receiving in general fund increases.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions the justification for increasing FDA user fees.

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