Cutting spending as they have proposed would mean slashing approximately 22 percent from programs next year.

I'm pleased to say this subcommittee has a proven track record of recognizing the tremendous importance of supporting our Nation's biomedical research community.

Thank you for what you do and how you have devoted your careers.

the juxtaposition of an act taken by the House Republicans last week that would result in drastic cuts to our public health programs and our research initiatives, and cuts that would undermine our Nation's competitiveness, as well as our…

It would be a chilling effect on the entire biomedical research enterprise.

We have to utilize every tool in our toolbox, from stopping it from coming into our country to preventing its use to bringing an end to this national crisis.

I see my time has ended. I'm going to turn it to Senator Capito.

I am hopeful that this body will act. I am hopeful that we will come together and actually do something to put parents back in the driver's seat and to protect our children.

I was proud to author the Next Generation Researchers Act with Senator Collins to improve NIH opportunities for new and early stage researchers.

I am hopeful that this body will act. I am hopeful that we will come together and actually do something to put parents back in the driver's seat and to protect our children.

I was proud to author the Next Generation Researchers Act with Senator Collins to improve NIH opportunities for new and early stage researchers.

It would mean a cut of over $10 billion in fiscal year 2024 alone for life-saving medical research at NIH.

I'm pleased to say this subcommittee has a proven track record of recognizing the tremendous importance of supporting our Nation's biomedical research community.

It is outrageous that NIH is complicit in this case of pass the harasser and I want to know what you're doing to hold the researcher and institutions accountable and how you will prevent incidents like this from happening again in the…

Finally, before I turn it over to Senator Capito, I want to mention an article published last week in Science revealing NIH's failure to discipline an investigator with a known documented history of sexual harassment.

It would be a chilling effect on the entire biomedical research enterprise.

We have to utilize every tool in our toolbox, from stopping it from coming into our country to preventing its use to bringing an end to this national crisis.

I see my time has ended. I'm going to turn it to Senator Capito.