Senate Approps Subcommittee Pitches $80 Mill Increase For FDA

The Senate Appropriations agriculture subcommittee passed a fiscal 2020 funding bill Tuesday (Sept. 17) that would give FDA an $80 million increase over fiscal 2019 levels, with substantial investments in the agency’s medical countermeasures initiatives, pathogen reduction efforts, compounding oversight, food safety and outbreak prevention, cannabidiol activities and infrastructure maintenance. The increase is far lower than the $184 million hike to FDA funding sought by the House. At a subcommittee hearing, multiple senators praised an $8 million increase in the...