FDA appropriation moves to committee
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A House Appropriations subcommittee approves funding for FDA that matches the Obama administration's fiscal 2010 FDA budget request of $2.35 billion in direct appropriations, a 14.6 percent increase over the fiscal 2009 level. During a June 11 markup on appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and FDA, Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., noted that with user fees, FDA's appropriation increases $373 million to almost $3 billion, which "will help to reform and significantly improve how the agency ensures food and medical product safety" (1"The Tan Sheet" May 25, 2009, p. 3). Appropriations Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., scheduled the USDA and FDA appropriation markup for June 18