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Peter Welch: “All we are asking the FDA to do in this bill, Madam Chair, is to enforce the labeling rules that already exist and they…”

On the recordJanuary 28, 2020
All we are asking the FDA to do in this bill, Madam Chair, is to enforce the labeling rules that already exist and they may need a nudge with legislation saying that we need them to do their job.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

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Welch calls for the FDA to enforce existing labeling rules through legislation.

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