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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1998
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Statement on Senate Action To Confirm the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration,
October 21, 1998
I am extremely pleased that today the Senate, with strong bipartisan support, overwhelmingly voted to confirm Dr. Jane E. Henney to be the next Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. I am confident that as the first woman and first oncologist to be confirmed as FDA Commissioner, Dr. Henney will live up to the trust the Senate has placed in her.
The Nation now has an FDA Commissioner who is committed to assuring that Americans have safe food, safe and effective drugs and medical devices, and improvedpublic health. Dr. Henney has blazed many trails, and no one is more qualified to lead the FDA. She has served four Presidents and helped guide some of America’s finest academic health centers. Her expertise in science and technology and lifelong dedication to individual patients will enable her to strike the important balance between the need for timely approval of prescription drugs and medical devices, while maintaining safety and quality.
I commend the Democrats and Republicans who worked to give Dr. Henney a full and fair hearing and help expedite this confirmation. I also want to thank representatives of consumers, physicians, nurses, and the industry for their steadfast and strong support for Dr. Henney. Their combined leadership made a vital contribution toward assuring we have the right person to lead the FDA into the 21st century.
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Chicago: William J. Clinton, "Statement on Senate Action to Confirm the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, October 21, 1998," Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1998 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 23, 1998 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998), 34:2540 2088. Original Sources, accessed April 23, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5AA3F2H6EIYTZPD.
MLA: Clinton, William J. "Statement on Senate Action to Confirm the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, October 21, 1998." Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1998, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 23, 1998 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998), 34:2540, page 2088. Original Sources. 23 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5AA3F2H6EIYTZPD.
Harvard: Clinton, WJ, 'Statement on Senate Action to Confirm the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, October 21, 1998' in Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1998. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, October 23, 1998 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998), 34:2540, pp.2088. Original Sources, retrieved 23 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5AA3F2H6EIYTZPD.
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