Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

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Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this bipartisan en bloc, which includes my amendment to increase funding for the Research Endowment Program at the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities.

This program has bipartisan support. Earlier this year, Democrats and Republicans called for an increase in funding through a letter I led to House Appropriations.

My colleague Representative Buddy Carter in the House and Senator Cassidy in the Senate worked hard in the last Congress to pass my bill, the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act. It was signed into law, but now we need to increase the funding to this program so schools like Charles R. Drew University, Moorehouse School of Medicine, and many others, can continue to conduct critical research into minority health disparities. Increased funding will support existing and new grantees.

Mr. Chair, I urge support for my amendment so we can fund research to reduce health disparities and save lives.

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