06/03/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"This sequester I think has a very deleterious, eroding, and corrosive effect."
"I'm not going to turn this into politics. We want to be above politics. But we're going to have to deal with politics."
"This year, fiscal year 2013, NIH funding will drop in actual dollars by $1.7 billion below last year's level, almost entirely because of sequestration."
"This sort of balanced approach is the only way NIH will have the resources it needs to realize the enormous scientific opportunities."