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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqtl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RE- LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 1:58 p.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Herb Kohl (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Kohl, Pryor, Brown, Blunt, Collins, Moran, and Hoeven. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT OF DR. MARGARET HAMBURG, COMMISSIONER ACCOMPANIED BY: PATRICK MeGAREY, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF BUDG- ET, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION NORRIS COCHRAN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, OFFICE OF BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR HERB KOHL Senator KOHL. Good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. Today's hearing will focus on the Food and Drug Administra- tion's (FDA's) fiscal year 2013 budget request. We welcome Com- missioner Hamburg, Mr. McGarey, and Mr. Cochran. We appre- ciate your being here. Before we begin, I'd like everyone to know that we have votes scheduled for 2:15 p.m. today. So right now we'll plan on just hav- ing opening statements by myself, Senator Blunt, as well as Com- missioner Hamburg. Once the votes are called, we'll have to stand in recess until the votes are through, and we'll come back then and begin our questions. So we thank everybody for accommodating that. The administration's budget request for fiscal year 2013 stands in stark contrast to the requests of recent years. Since 2008, the Congress has provided the FDA with budget increases totaling nearly 30 percent and the administration's requests have even been higher. This year, however, the FDA budget proposes an increase

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