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Dick Durbin: “Let’s be honest about what this is: a move to siphon funds away from the nation’s premier medical research agency, which…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2026
Let’s be honest about what this is: a move to siphon funds away from the nation’s premier medical research agency, which struggles to fund lifesaving research, to bankroll the Pentagon, the most heavily funded agency in our government.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Criticizing the funding transfer to the Pentagon.

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