Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration should give the greatest weight in making critical policy decisions to readily available hard science data, including evidence from the natural sciences, physical sciences, and computing sciences.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

54 cosponsors — 48 Republicans, 6 Democrats

6 of 54 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

Sandy Adams (R-FL), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jim Costa (D-CA), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Robert Hurt (R-VA) and 24 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Fincher.

• H.R. 3606 (112th) Jumpstart Our Business Startups
• H.R. 1264 (112th) To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in…
• H.R. 3849 (112th) Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act
• H.R. 3213 (112th) Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
• H.R. 3193 (112th) Welfare Integrity Act of 2011
• H.Res. 789 (112th) Reaffirming the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens and their freedom to exercise those beliefs peacefully.

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress · TN-8 district