The Food & Drug Administration asks Congress to boost its fiscal 2012 budget by a third over 2010, seeking $4.3 billion to fund its oversight of the medical device, pharmaceutical and food production industries.
It’s time once again for the annual Beltway Budget Brouhaha and the Food & Drug Administration is wading right in with a request for a 33 percent boost.
The federal watchdog agency is pitching Congress and President Barack Obama for $4.3 billion for fiscal 2012, about a third more than it got in 2010. The FDA’s fiscal 2011 request was for $4.03 billion, a 23 percent increase over 2010.
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