In Brief: FDA reform bill conferees
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA reform bill conferees: House Commerce Committee names 10 conferees for FDA reform legislation (S 830/HR 1411). Reps. Tom Bliley (Va.), Michael Bilirakis (Fla.), Jim Greenwood (Penn.), Joe Barton (Tex.), Richard Burr (N.C.) and Ed Whitfield (Ky.) represent the GOP; Reps. John Dingell (Mich.), Henry Waxman (Calif.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Ron Klink (Penn.), the minority party. The Senate has not yet named conferees, but they are understood to include: Sens. James Jeffords (R-Vt.), Dan Coats (R-Ind.), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)...