10-13-2009, 10:48 AM
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barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 23,401
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But after receiving what an F.D.A. report described as “extreme,” “unusual” and persistent pressure from four Democrats from New Jersey — Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg and Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. and Steven R. Rothman — agency managers overruled the scientists and approved the device for sale in December.
All four legislators made their inquiries within a few months of receiving
significant campaign contributions from ReGen, which is based in New Jersey,
but all said they ~snip~were not influenced by the money.
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Yeh right 
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