Risks Of Missing Reauthorization Deadline Highlighted At User-Fee Hearing
Executive Summary
FDA center directors, including device chief Jeffrey Shuren, told lawmakers they are committed to reauthorizing user-fee programs during a March 21 Senate hearing. The officials wouldn't comment on a recent budget proposal from the Trump administration that seeks more user fees and less appropriations from Congress that industry agreed to.
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