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Divided Senate committee backs FDA nominee

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WASHINGTON — President Bush’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration has been sent to the full Senate for consideration, according to an Associated Press report.

Several senators are said to be moving to block the final vote on nominee Lester Crawford, who is currently acting FDA commissioner, AP said. A main concern is Mr. Crawford’s stance on condom labels and the agency’s “stalled decision” on whether to approve nonprescription sales of the “morning after” contraception, AP said.

Three Democratic senators have been vocal in their opposition, but the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s ranking Democrat, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, said he is in full support of the president’s nominee. Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma said his opposition is related to condom labeling, which he says is “not medically accurate,” according to AP.