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Durbin Statement On Medical Research Funding In President's Budget

Statement

Date: March 16, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), co-chair of the Senate's bipartisan NIH caucus and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on funding cuts for federal agencies that conduct medical research included in the President's FY2018 budget request:

"America's best scientists and researchers should spend their time finding ways to treat and cure diseases, not worrying about their budgets. President Trump's budget would gut NIH's budget by a whopping 19 percent, taking their funding to its lowest levels since 2002--a mistake that would be felt for years to come."


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