Sen. Gregg moves to Budget Cmte.
Executive Summary
Senate Health Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) will retain responsibility over Medicare on a macro level following his move to the chairmanship of the Budget Committee. At his announcement of his plan to seek the Budget Committee's chairmanship Nov. 10, Gregg says he expects Sen. Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), the most senior member of the Health Committee, to become chair. Health Committee Counsel Steve Irizarry says priorities on the committee's 2005 agenda include drug safety and flu vaccine (1"The Pink Sheet" Nov. 8, 2004, p. 4)...
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