Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Funding Legislation

On Tuesday, June 7, the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee approved a FY2017 funding bill for the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. Subcommittee Chairman Roy Blunt (R-MO) praised the legislation as the first bipartisan Senate Labor-HHS bill in seven years. The bill provides $161.9…