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Dick Durbin: “In February the House passed an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011 that proposed cutting the National Institutes…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
In February the House passed an appropriations bill for fiscal year 2011 that proposed cutting the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) budget by $1.6 billion or 5 percent compared to NIH's fiscal year 2010 budget.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses proposed cuts to NIH funding and its potential impact.

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