Wednesday, June 11, 2014

White House Threatens To Veto House Approps Bill That Holds $20 Million From FDA

White House Threatens To Veto House Approps Bill That Holds $20 Million From FDA-insidehealthpolicy: The White House Tuesday (June 10) threatened to veto the House Appropriations Committee's agricultural funding bill in a letter raising myriad concerns with the legislation, including a provision witholding $20 million from FDA's salaries and expenses until guidance is finalized on abuse-detterrent formulatons of opioids and lawmakers' refusal to include user fees to support a prevention-based food safety system.