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On the recordJuly 15, 2013
So 53 Americans are no longer here because the Food and Drug Administration refused to use their statutory authority to enforce existing regulations.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess criticizes the FDA for not enforcing regulations, leading to deaths from a meningitis outbreak.

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