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# HELP Committee Wants to Move FDA Legislation Forward: Alexander
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/help-committee-wants-to-move-fda-legislation-forward-alexander/
- Published: 2016-01-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T02:26:58.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, Devices, #legacy-id-D5134405

> Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chair **Lamar Alexander** (R-TN) says his committee is still planning to move forward its biomedical innovation/FDA reform bill despite the fact that it is a presidential election year. In remarks made before the HELP committee voted on **Robert Califf**’s nomination for FDA commissioner 1/12, Alexander said the committee and staff have worked hard on a medical product innovation measure over the past year.  
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> “The staff have worked in a bipartisan way on three dozen pieces of legislation, which have significant democratic and republican support,” Alexander said. He said he is having discussions with ranking member **Patty Murray** (D-WA) about how the committee can move ahead on this. He acknowledged the House’s passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, saying that “there is never been a more exciting time in science and we should finish our work on this bill and I'm committed to doing it in a bipartisan way to allow amendments for consideration.”