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...growing push for drug detection in government and industry. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission now demands drug testing of power-plant operators and construction workers, while the Pentagon is drafting regulations to test employees of defense contractors. To help private industry set up its own programs, Utah Republican Orrin Hatch and Oklahoma Democrat David Boren have proposed a Senate bill that would protect employees from abuses and employers from lawsuits by establishing minimum federal standards for workplace testing. Said former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who supports the bill: "When the privacy rights of an individual threaten the health...
Last week Sullivan went further by announcing the creation of a blue-ribbon commission to get the FDA back on course. "The President and I are committed to strengthening the FDA," Sullivan declared. In the Senate, meantime, Massachusetts liberal Edward Kennedy has joined with Utah conservative Orrin Hatch in a bipartisan effort to beef up the FDA's anemic annual budget by setting a floor level of $500 million, vs. the current total of $492 million. Their proposal would also provide the FDA with a single facility -- currently, it is spread across 22 buildings in Washington, from converted chicken coops...
...before he was confirmed as its chief. Shortly after he was nominated, Sullivan alarmed antiabortion groups by remarks he made in a newspaper interview in which he appeared to support the Supreme Court's pro-abortion Roe v. Wade decision. Soon after, the beleaguered nominee met with Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a pro-life Republican who had the power to thwart the nomination. Hatch, who says his intervention came at the request of the President, presented Sullivan with his own list of pro-life- approved candidates for top jobs in the department...
...Orrin Hatch of Utah, one of two Republicans who unsuccessfully sought to amend the measure, credited Democrats and Kennedy with a victory over the White House in the compromise talks...
...other amendments were added to the bill,including one by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)which would add 20 new federal judges to helphandle the increased number of drug-related cases...