David Lim
@davidalim
Health reporter @POLITICO covering the @US_FDA. @AAJA+@AHCJ. Prescription Pulse co-author. Tips: [email protected]. DM for Signal.
Now official: Rep. Morgan Griffith is the new chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee.
Scoop: Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) is in line to be announced Thursday as the next chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. Rep. Buddy Carter is stepping down as the top GOP member on the subcommittee to focus on his Senate campaign. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
MASSIE on flipping his rule vote to no: “If this goes down, it’s the only vote of record.”
Scoop: Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) is in line to be announced Thursday as the next chair of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. Rep. Buddy Carter is stepping down as the top GOP member on the subcommittee to focus on his Senate campaign. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
NEW: @US_FDA alum Mike Davis to rejoin agency as deputy director of the drug center. He previously worked in CDER's psychiatry division and most recently worked at a nonprofit developing psychedelic drugs for depression subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Hospitals lost bigly in the big beautiful bill. But the war may not be over. New from me @davidalim and @amandalanchu on how hospitals strike back. politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
Senate appropriators OKed their first funding bill of the year today ... and then had to recess (likely until at least next wk) because so many lawmakers wanted to change their votes. The reason for the drama: the FBI headquarters fight that won't die. @davidalim…
Today, we approved the first long-acting flea & tick treatment to protect dogs against fleas & ticks for 8 to 12 months. For more info, see: fda.gov/animal-veterin…
NEW - Speaker Johnson and Trump are pushing to pass the GOP megabill by July 4 Their biggest hurdle: dozens of House Rs wary it doesn’t deliver on key promises they’ve made to constituents The weather, Johnson just told me, is “part of the problem” politi.co/4lE6xhb
NEW - The Senate’s Medicaid provider tax crackdown that many House Republicans hate is still in the latest version of the Senate bill politico.com/live-updates/2… via @politico
🚨🚨Sen THOM TILLIS (R-NC) - “It's not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.”
NEW: The Senate parliamentarian just dealt more blows to the megabill. A Medicaid carveout for Alaska is among the casualties. @ktullymcmanus @davidalim politico.com/news/2025/06/2…
🚨🚨House GOP leaders will hold a 3pm member call on the megabill today MORE than a dozen House Rs tell us they won’t vote for Senate text unless Medicaid language moves much closer to House version Valadao is saying publicly he will oppose the bill unless it returns in total…