Orrin Hatch: “the bottom line of this letter was to urge the Chairman and members of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee to…”

“the bottom line of this letter was to urge the Chairman and members of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee to increase funding for the cosmetics program to $6 million. I am pleased that the Report accompanying the Senate bill encourages the FDA to restore funding for this program to the funding levels of previous years. Because nearly every American uses a cosmetic product each day, it is important that the regulatory program for cosmetics in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's Office of Cosmetics and Colors be adequately funded. I understand that our colleagues on the House side have wisely provided an increase of $2.5 million to keep this program at previous funding levels. I would hope that we can work with our colleagues in the other chamber to see that the final version of this bill that emerges from conference does indeed contain the $2.5 million increase that the House provides and would restore the cosmetic program to the $6 million level.”