Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Jane Williams, former Health Industry Manufacturers Association congressional affairs director, joins the health policy staff of Ranking Republican Nancy Kassebaum (Kan.) on Jan. 19. Williams, who was a health staffer for former Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.) before moving to HIMA in June ("The Gray Sheet" June 15, In Brief), is covering FDA issues for the committee. The panel's three-member health policy staff is being directed by Andrew Patzman, a former legislative assistant on Kassebaum's personal staff who will lead work on health care reform. The health group is filled out by Marty Sieg-Ross, MD, a former faculty member of Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C., who has responsibility for all non-FDA Public Health Service affairs....