Schumer, Clinton - Key Senate Panel Backs $1 Million for Bioinformatics Center

SCHUMER, CLINTON: KEY SENATE PANEL BACKS $1 MILLION FOR BIOINFORMATICS CENTER

$1 million would head to SUNY Buffalo to support its revolutionary Center for Bioinformatics

US Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $1 million for the State University of Buffalo's Center for Bioinformatics. The news came as the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2005 VA-HUD Appropriations bill. The bill will now be sent to the Senate floor. The bill must then go into conference with the House version before the final bill is approved by Congress.

"This money do will great things for Buffalo's economy while supporting major advances that will improve the lives of Americans," said Schumer. "This funding for Bioinformatics will help the university in its drive to develop a state-of-the-art research center. We've been fighting tooth and nail to bring federal money home for Bioinformatics and we'll continue to push to get more."

"The Center for Excellence continues to make great discoveries and develop new technologies, moving from strength to strength and putting Buffalo at the forefront of scientific research. I am pleased that we can continue to support the Center and everything that it means for Buffalo's future," Senator Clinton said.