María Elvira Salazar: “I ask that you work with me when we get to conference to add report language to the Labor, HHS and Education…”

“I ask that you work with me when we get to conference to add report language to the Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill that would direct the CDC to conduct a study of the additional disease prevention benefits to the U.S. population that would be gained from expanded folic acid fortification of the food and beverage supply consumed by populations currently at risk for inadequate folic acid intake. It is also my opinion that CDC should use public-private partnerships to facilitate that study.”