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Gottlieb Distances Himself From Trump's User-Fee Heavy Budget

 
• By Michael Cipriano

New FDA commissioner passes on defending president's budget proposal during House appropriations subcommittee hearing. With Congress disinclined to reopen user fee negotiations, Gottlieb instead focuses on his priorities for agency.

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After several lawmakers had declared the Trump administration's budget proposal dead on arrival, US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb danced around the subject of user fees in his first congressional testimony has head of the agency.

Speaking before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies May 25, Gottlieb...

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