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On the recordMarch 20, 2013
So if the Canadians, the Bostonians, and the Swiss who worked this up to help in other countries decided that it might be helpful in rural parts of the United States, they would have to come to you first, and instead of costing $8, it would cost what? Hundreds of thousands?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

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Griffith discusses the potential high costs of FDA approval for medical devices.

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