Murkowski Drops Hold on FDA Nominee
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Feb. 11 filed cloture on the nomination of Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, after Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, lifted her hold on the nominee, she said. Murkowski said…
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she received assurances from FDA that it is “taking this matter seriously,” she said in a statement (here). Murkowski said she would block his nomination in November after the FDA’s approval of genetically engineered salmon, or “Frankenfish,” for human consumption (see 1602010018).