The designation triggers some of the most aggressive sanctions the U.S. could adopt. Only Iran, North Korea, Syria and Cuba are now on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terror.
The CDC said it found no match between bacteria samples from two sick infants and samples from a Michigan formula factory that paused production earlier this year.
“The real question is whether I’m still an effective representative for 40 million Californians, and the record shows that I am,” the 88-year-old Democrat said.