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Michael Burgess: “So 53 Americans are no longer here because the Food and Drug Administration refused to use their statutory authority to…”

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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