Senate HELP Committee Recognizes Urgent Need to Address U.S. Biotechnology Innovation and Patient Care Access
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on October 29 titled “The Future of Biotech: Maintaining U.S. Competitiveness and Delivering Lifesaving Cures to Patients.” Members of the committee, along with several witnesses, recognized biotechnology …
HHS Cancels Another U.S. Preventative Services Task Force Meeting
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has cancelled the next in-person meeting of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF). Originally due to take place sometime in November, HHS has attributed the cancellation to the federal government shutdown, …
Understanding the High Costs of the Government Shutdown
The waste and inefficiency started even before the shutdown began. As the federal government approached the end of the 2025 fiscal year, good agency stewardship required offices to start developing a plan for managing a shutdown.
On September 2, the …
University Compact for Academic Excellence: What’s at Stake for Science and Higher Education
The Trump Administration sent the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” offering preferential treatment to nine universities, providing that they were willing to adopt a specific set of policies. The proposal would require institutions to make sweeping commitments, including …
No End in Sight for Shutdown as Trump Administration Tries to Fire Furloughed Federal Workers
Since the last FABBS update, there has been little, if any, progress towards ending the government shutdown that began on October 1. House Republicans—with support from just one Democrat—passed their version of a continuing resolution (CR) on September 19, which …
Shutdown Continues into Second Week
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate appear no closer to reaching a deal on a continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the federal government. The House passed their version of the CR on September 19, needing only a simple majority (see …
