Billy Wynne

President Trump Issues EOs to Promote Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and End Funding for Gain-of-Function Research President Trump issued executive orders aimed at promoting domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing and improving the safety and security of biological research. Additional details for each follow. Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines (fact sheet) – The fact sheet…

FTC and DOJ Direct Federal Agencies to Identify Anticompetitive Regulations Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division issued a joint letter to agency heads across the federal government, instructing them to identify and report anticompetitive regulations that may hinder competition, entrepreneurship, and innovation. This directive is part of…

Sens. Hawley and Welch Reintroduce Prescription Drug International Reference Pricing Bill Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-OR) reintroduced the Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act, which would establish international reference pricing for prescription drugs (press release). The reintroduction of this bill comes amid reports that the White House is pushing for…

President’s ‘Skinny’ FY 2026 Budget Outlines Deep Cuts to Health and Human Services Today the Office of Management and Budget shared (fact sheets) the toplines of President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 discretionary budget request with Congress, outlining proposed spending levels across federal agencies. The budget asks Congress to cut spending on non-defense programs by…

CBO Requests Research on The Budgetary Implications of Adding Nutritional Standards to SNAP The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) posted a call for research on the budgetary impacts of nutrition standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Currently, while there are some restrictions on SNAP purchases (e.g. no hot food), there are no nutritional requirements. CBO notes…

Committee Holds Hearing on NIH Cuts and Future of U.S. Biomedical Innovation; Republican Senators Split Over NIH Cap on Indirect Costs The Senate Appropriations Committee convened the first of a two-part hearing series titled “Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation” to examine the future of U.S. biomedical research in light of the Trump administration’s…

HHS Targets Gender-Affirming Care and Undermines Medical Consensus in New Review Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Office of Population Affairs, released a 400-page review of research on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Although the report does not issue clinical guidelines…

Committee Marks Up Education Portion of Reconciliation; Democrats Highlight Concerns about Medicaid and Nutrition Program Access for Students The House Education & Workforce Committee held a markup of its reconciliation text concerning education programs and student loans. While most of the markup was focused on proposed changes to student loan programs, a few Democrats took the opportunity to…

Trump Signs EO Aimed at Identifying and Cutting Off Federal Funds for Sanctuary Cities; Agency Action Required by May 28 President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens, aimed at reinforcing federal immigration law and penalizing jurisdictions that defy it—commonly referred to as “sanctuary” jurisdictions. The order asserts the constitutional…

Trump Administration Pursues Several Actions to Implement Executive Order Restricting Federal Support for Gender-Affirming Care Since taking office, the Trump Administration has escalated efforts to limit access to evidence-based gender-affirming care for minors. Today, the Administration released a fact sheet outlining steps taken to implement Executive Order 14187, Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,…