Burgess in the News

Chicago Tribune: FDA commissioner grilled on drug oversight lapses

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..."You do have to wonder, is this an unscrupulous merchant with his thumb on the scale? Or is it someone who is intent on doing us harm?" asked Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas).  Burgess said companies sometimes hesitate to point out troubles in their supply chain for fear of putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage. "The FDA needs to make a requirement that they be forthcoming, lest we get a bucket of chicken wings with plutonium in them, which no one wants to see," he said...more