GOP Reps. Say FDA Budget Hike Unlikely, Expect Spending To Remain Flat

House Republican appropriators signaled Wednesday (March 4) that FDA is highly unlikely to get its requested $425 million combined funding bump of direct budget authority and new user fees for fiscal 2016. However, GOP lawmakers commended outgoing FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg for her work over the past six years and recognized that the agency's responsibilities have increased in a number of areas, but said the priority is keeping federal spending under control. Appropriations Committee chair Hal Rogers (R-KY) said the...