02/25/2010
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"What assurances can you give to this Committee and states like Vermont that the FDA will prioritize this food safety work in your fiscal year 2017 budget request?"
"I can only imagine how awful both of you gentlemen must feel, and your colleagues, because you got the news first."
"I have great confidence in both of you in maintaining the readiness and the review."
"You were very forthright and candid about these problems, and I agreed with you on the problems on the budget."