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Joe Barton: “We have a job to clarify the law if there is not clarity in the law, and we can easily do it.”

On the recordNovember 13, 2012
We have a job to clarify the law if there is not clarity in the law, and we can easily do it.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton emphasizes Congress's responsibility to clarify laws regarding pharmaceutical regulations.

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