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Michael Burgess: “I am not sure, though, that what you have got in your testimony is entirely accurate because diethylstilbestrol was…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
I am not sure, though, that what you have got in your testimony is entirely accurate because diethylstilbestrol was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1947 for the treatment of habitual miscarriage.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess questions the accuracy of testimony regarding diethylstilbestrol's approval and use.

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