User Fee Exemption From Sequester Could Take Flight
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
A bipartisan group of House appropriations committee members indicate concern about the potential FDA problems that could arise if user fee revenue remains part of the mandatory budget cuts.
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