Foxx Votes with Bipartisan House Majority to Restore FDA Funding, Services

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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) voted today with a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives to immediately restore funding to the Food and Drug Administration. Though President Obama has supported two of the House's intermediary funding bills, he has threatened to veto the Food and Drug Safety Act (H.J. Res. 77).

"The President and Senate's insistence on keeping almost all unnecessary shutdown policies in place while they refuse to work with the House of Representatives to shape a bipartisan solution to fully re-open the federal government is petty and irresponsible," Congresswoman Foxx stated. "Today the House passed its tenth bipartisan measure to restore services for the American people. Like nine prior bills introduced in the wake of the Senate's shutdown, the House passed this proposal with votes from Republicans and Democrats. Though we don't agree on everything, the House is choosing not to squander the common ground we do have.

"House Republicans would still prefer to re-open our government all at once -- and certainly as soon as possible, but it is impossible for us to shape a fair, bipartisan solution to do so when we are the only ones willing to sit down, talk to the other side, and negotiate. The fact that refusal to have a conversation has become the hallmark of Senate and Presidential leadership these days concerns me greatly, particularly as our country's debt crisis demands swift action and actual leadership from the White House."

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