FDA commissioner confirmation vote by Senate Labor cmte. not expected before Sept. 14.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA COMMISSIONER CONFIRMATION VOTE BY SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE is not expected to take place before the week of Sept. 14 following the confirmation hearing for University of New Mexico VP-Health Sciences Jane Henney, MD, on Sept. 2. Senate Labor & Human Resources Committee Chairman James Jeffords (R-Vt.) will gather follow-up questions from members by Sept. 8 and forward them to Henney for responses. Henney has already replied to a 140-item pre-hearing questionnaire from Jeffords as well as separate questions on dietary supplement issues from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) ("The Tan Sheet" Aug. 31 p. 1).