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Joe Barton: It is our job at this committee to also take a hard look at the agency under our jurisdiction, the FDA, and ask: did its…

On the recordApril 15, 2013
It is our job at this committee to also take a hard look at the agency under our jurisdiction, the FDA, and ask: did its processes work?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton emphasizes the committee's responsibility to evaluate the FDA's effectiveness.

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