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Joe Manchin: “I do not blame the FDA for being risk adverse, the way Congress treats them.”

On the recordJuly 13, 2015
I do not blame the FDA for being risk adverse, the way Congress treats them.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin acknowledges the FDA's cautious approach due to Congressional pressure.

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