GOP Proposal Would Slash FDA Budget For Remainder Of 2011
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA would receive $220 million less than President Obama requested for the agency in fiscal 2011 – roughly a 5% reduction in a proposed $4.03 billion budget – in the first round of proposed spending cuts unveiled by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers Feb. 9.
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