Richard Durbin actually said...

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

03/08/2011

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