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Who encouraged congress to pass the pure food and drug act?

President Theodore Roosevelt


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He had congress pass bills to address the problems. To pass the New Deal congress only took 38 minuets to pass it and send it to the president.


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to prevent Americans from eating dirty foods and to prevent from getting them sick :)


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