WASHINGTON: Panels bipartisan view: F.D.A. is underfinanced - (The New York Times)
April 16, 2008 – 10:51 pmWASHINGTON–The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs far more money than the White House has proposed for next year, senators of both parties said Tuesday.
Senator Herb Kohl, Democrat of Wisconsin, was quoted as saying after a hearing of the Appropriations subcommittee that, “To us, its clear that theyre seriously underfunded.”
The subcommittees ranking minority member, Senator Robert F. Bennett, Republican of Utah, agreed with Mr. Kohl and tried at the hearing to get the food and drug commissioner, Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, to say how much more the agency could use wisely.
If lawmakers decide that the White House was wrong and you needed to add another $100 million, just to pull a number completely out of the air, could you handle that? Mr. Bennett asked.
Dr. von Eschenbach said he would welcome an opportunity to present a scenario of portfolio options for levels of financing.
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