Jackie Speier: “I thank the gentleman from California for lending his support and his articulation of this issue. To his point about the…”

“I thank the gentleman from California for lending his support and his articulation of this issue. To his point about the jobs being lost, this year's sequester cuts were estimated to result in the loss of more than 20,000 jobs and $3 billion in economic activity. The three scientists who won the Nobel Prize for medicine this year for their research on how cells swap proteins all received NIH funding at some time during their careers. Nobel Prize winner Rothman said he probably would not have started his research had NIH funding not been available. So that, I think, speaks volumes about how important NIH funding is to young scientists. I am now joined by my great friend, a great, passionate leader on so many issues before this House, my colleague from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).”