White House Seeks $7.6 Million In Additional FDA Funds Due To Hurricanes

The White House is asking Congress to appropriate $7.6 million in additional FDA funding for hurricane recovery, namely to pay for repair of the agency's offices in hurricane-affected areas. The request came as part of a $44 billion appropriations request to fund hurricane relief -- a proposal spurned by Democrats as inadequate. The White House is also requesting the funds be offset, including by cutting $560 million from the HHS budget. FDA has spent roughly $3 million as of mid-October...