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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed May 17, 2017, 12:05 PM May 2017

Lawmakers shoot down Trump's proposed cuts to medical research

Source: The Hill



BY RACHEL ROUBEIN AND JESSIE HELLMANN - 05/17/17 11:41 AM EDT

Lawmakers are making clear that they have no intention of carrying out President Trump’s proposal to decrease funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s medical research agency.

In a hearing Wednesday, Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) — the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee overseeing NIH’s budget — said he was “disappointed” to see the White House’s proposal to cut NIH by about $5.8 billion in its skinny budget for fiscal 2018.

“I’m concerned that the reductions in the request would stall progress that our recent investments were intended to achieve and potentially discouraging promising scientists from entering or remaining in biomedical research,” Cole said.

NIH Director Francis Collins said that at a White House meeting last week, industry leaders made clear that cuts on the level the Trump is proposing could hurt the country's standing in medical research.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/333827-lawmakers-shoot-down-trumps-proposed-cuts-to-medical-research

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Lawmakers shoot down Trump's proposed cuts to medical research (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Yeah, that's because it can affect their lives...that's the only time the GOP cares. C Moon May 2017 #1
+1,000 !! CountAllVotes May 2017 #2
But the rich people had that earmarked for THEM! Don't they know that? nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #3
The country's standing NastyRiffraff May 2017 #4
No doubt he makes money from those hats. murielm99 May 2017 #6
Trump wants to cut medical research but increase the military budget benpollard May 2017 #5
He desperately needs BumRushDaShow May 2017 #7
Old news? BadgerKid May 2017 #8

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
4. The country's standing
Wed May 17, 2017, 12:27 PM
May 2017
NIH Director Francis Collins said that at a White House meeting last week, industry leaders made clear that cuts on the level the Trump is proposing could hurt the country's standing in medical research.


Dump doesn't care about the country's standing, only his own. He doesn't care about the country, period. He can throw out all the "make America great" hats he wants, but he's made that very clear.

BumRushDaShow

(127,270 posts)
7. He desperately needs
Wed May 17, 2017, 01:09 PM
May 2017

"Wall Money™". So if he can't get it from NIH, he'll find it from someplace else that will damage people the most, and they will happily oblige.

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