FDA women’s health appropriations

Executive Summary

Senate Appropriations Committee recommends FDA fund the Office of Women's Health at not less than the current level of $3.075 mil. in FY 2004 Agriculture Appropriations report, the same amount as President Bush's FY 2004 budget request. The House Ag Approps bill recommends a $600,000 increase for the office, primarily to fund a hormone therapy outreach campaign (1"The Pink Sheet" July 7, 2003, In Brief). The Senate approps committee approved its bill July 17 and the full House passed its bill July 14 by a vote of 347-64...