Thank you, Chair Baldwin.

I do think the added investments in actual training programs that reach communities that have been left out in the past would also help to create, you know, a climate in which people understand that these are real options for them.

For me, biomedical research at NIH is a priority for me and has been for these long bicameral bipartisan priorities as well.

We have to--you are in the Education Department, you have to educate people on what is available.

The challenges facing K through 12... are downright alarming for the current generation of our students.

I am hopeful that we will, once again, be able to come together and produce a bipartisan 2025 bill.

Do you all acknowledge the job--can you acknowledge the job losses that came when they did implement it the last time?

I hope to, again, work in a bipartisan way to fund our joint priorities, such as finding cures and treatments for cancer.

I am 100% supportive of that goal as studies show patients treated at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers have higher survival and recovery rates.

The NIH's policy of requiring grantees to submit a 'Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives' or PEDP mandates that researchers prioritize spending their precious time and capital to check the diversity box.

NIH is not just great biomedical research institution, it's also a driver of economic growth.

What can NIH do to help expand the medical research footprint in rural states like West Virginia so we can tackle high disease burdens and low life expectancy?

The NIH's policy of requiring grantees to submit a 'Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives' or PEDP mandates that researchers prioritize spending their precious time and capital to check the diversity box.

I am 100% supportive of that goal as studies show patients treated at NCI-Designated Cancer Centers have higher survival and recovery rates.

We simply cannot afford to add another $750 billion to the national debt.

Rural areas have been left behind, the money has not gone appropriately for the challenges they have.

This is stupid. And we just keep piling it on like it is-- there is no end to it.

Well, we tried to get rid of it, but the President over--he vetoed us.