Status report on the 104th congress
It`s hard to believe that just one year ago the Republicans introduced their {open_quotes}Contract with America{close_quotes}, promising broad legislative reform as they swept into Congress on a tide of national discontent with the political system. The first 100 days brought a frenzy of legislation that could have dramatically affected the nuclear medicine community with bills calling for the demise of Department Energy (DOE) to those that would have reduced the regulatory the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Yet most of the dramatic initiatives that came House were either defeated, delayed or diluted by the Senate. Entering the final stretch of the long legislative year, both the House and the Senate are now grappling with big items such as the Budget Reconciliation bill and Medicare reform. {open_quotes}It`s been an interesting year and most likely only the beginning of several years of legislative focus on issues affecting nuclear medicine including FDA reform,{close_quotes} said David Nichols, Associate Director of Government Relations for ACNP/SNM. Here are how things are shaping up and the potential impact on nuclear physicians.
- OSTI ID:
- 482538
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Vol. 36, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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