Do I misread this when he says in the last paragraph on the first page that ``S. 343 would significantly delay this essential reform by requiring USDA to establish a peer review panel which satisfies the criteria in S. 343, submit a cost-benefit analysis and risk assessment [analyses] to the panel, and convene the panel to review the analyses''? He is not talking about appeal or effective date, he is talking about peer review, is he not?
Questioning the implications of S. 343 regarding peer review and reform delays.
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