I am concerned that the budget priorities reflected in this request do not ensure that the Bureau is efficient, effective and, more importantly, nimble for the foreseeable future.
We need to figure out how to prevent it, don't we?
I'm committed to working with Senator Mikulski to see if we can plus-up NIH, though.
When budgets are constrained, we need, I believe, out-of-the-box ideas to answer some of the big research questions.
I believe that the top investment we can make in America to save lives, to improve lives, for the American people is to invest in the NIH.
I'd like to see us double NIH's funding. I know that's hard to do, but to at least get on the upward funding trend, not the downward trend, ...
Did you do some work as to how much money that would raise?
I share the concern about earmarking disease specific research. I believe science should dictate funding.
We just know that this is a deviation from the regular government contracts. We want to make sure that NASA spends our money wisely.
But, General, my emphasis is on the rocket itself, specifically, not all the ancillary things, the components.
With this budget proposal, we have a significant challenge ahead of us but I believe that with some direction and greater accountability, NA...