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Michael Burgess: “I am just tired of hitting my head against that wall, and it is time for us to break through or break out of that…”

On the recordMay 19, 2014
I am just tired of hitting my head against that wall, and it is time for us to break through or break out of that modality and move into the 21st century.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess calls for modernization in the drug approval process.

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