Senate Appropriations Passes HHS Fiscal 2019 Funding Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the 2019 HHS funding bill on Thursday (June 28) with bipartisan support. The bill now goes to the full Senate. The bill’s passage marks the earliest the committee has completed consideration of its appropriation bills since 1988, according to the committee. Fiscal 2019 begins Oct. 1. “The Senate Appropriations Committee has completed its work on the 2019 bills in a deliberate and timely manner with strong bipartisan support across the board. I believe we can...