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Ron Johnson: “The FDA is a completely risk-averse process.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson at Commerce Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:05

Thank all the witnesses here. That's only going to work though is if people have the freedom to access that and we reform the broken model of the gatekeeper, The FDA is a completely risk-averse process. You know, my daughter was born with transfusion, great arteries. Two things I learned very quickly not being a doctor is there's a reason they call it medical practice with an emphasis on practice. (00:05–00:16)

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