{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-celebrates-passage-of-fda-modernization-act-to-ban-animal-testing-mandates", "Booker Celebrates Passage of FDA Modernization Act to Ban Animal Testing Mandates", "2022-09-29", "2022", "2022-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2013 Today, the Senate unanimously voted to pass the bipartisan legislation authored by SenatorsCory Booker (D-NJ)and Rand Paul (R-KY)that would end an outdated FDA mandate that required experimental drugs to be tested on animals before theycould be used on humans in clinical trials.Specifically, the FDA Modernization Actgives drug sponsorsthe optionto usescientifically rigorous, proven non-animal test methods whenthey are suitable.Drug sponsors will still be able to use animal testing where appropriate.\n\n\u201cThe passage of my bill will avoidthe needless suffering of countless animals,now that experimental drug testing can be done with modern non-animal alternatives that are more scientifically relevant,\u201dsaid Senator Booker.\u201cThis legislation brings us one step closer to eliminating the cruel practice of unnecessary animal testing.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nIn 1938, Congress passed the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, mandating animal toxicity testing. Since then, science and data has shown that in some products, animal testing is a highly inconsistent predictor of toxic responses in humans, all while animal testing on any single pharmaceutical product often requires killing hundreds of animal test subjects.Since then, a number of non-animal tests have been developed that are more predictive of the human response to drugs.\n\nYou can read the FDA Modernization Act in its entiretyHERE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-celebrates-passage-of-fda-modernization-act-to-ban-animal-testing-mandates"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4714870378375053, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}