Rosa DeLauro: “The non-fingerprinting is what is allowed. That could have been implemented many, many months before.”

This bill is a clear improvement over the House Republican continuing resolution.

These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.

Circumventing Congress to divert money intended to help Americans who are exposed to HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, and other deadly diseases—and directing those funds to the Department of Defense—is beyond the pale.

This secretive attempt to siphon research funds away from NIH is outrageous. The interagency agreement needs to be terminated immediately.