FY2017 Labor, HHS & Education Appropriations Bill Cleared for Senate Consideration (US Senate Committee on Appropriations)

(Source: US Senate Committee on Appropriations) 06.09.16 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved for Senate consideration a bipartisan spending bill that provides increased funding for medical research, job training, educational opportunities and the fight against opioid abuse. The FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill recommends more than $1 billion in spending reductions and totals $270 million less than FY2016. At the same time, the bill provides a $2.0 billion increase for medical research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $261 million to combat the opioid abuse crisis, and...