Tobacco regulation measure faces fight
The Bush administration strongly opposes legislation to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products, a top official said in a letter to Congress.
The letter is the strongest indication yet that the administration will try to block the popular legislation. A long battle with the White House could doom the bill this year.
“The administration would strongly oppose this legislation,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a letter to Rep. Joe L. Barton (R-Texas), senior Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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