The important risk here is that this inevitable storm-surge of spending comes precisely at the moment when Congress is about to vote on important pro-growth tax initiatives.

Congress and the public have made it clear they expect the FDA to ensure the lowest risk feasible concerning transmission of serious infectious diseases by donated blood and blood components.

The department [DHS] and the President have always favored a risk-based approach. It's members of Congress who have thwarted those efforts.

Is there a risk? There could be. We should hold and let Congress or the courts decide.

We're at a point where if policymakers (regulators and Congress) don't act, you run a real risk that the wall will crumble.

All of the top candidates have said that they want to repeal some or all of the Bush tax cuts, but Clark at least has a specific plan.