I take considerable pride in the fact--and I know my colleagues on both sides of the aisle do--that in the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century, Congress, a Republican Congress, frankly, but with Democratic support, was able to double the budget at NIH.
Porter highlights bipartisan efforts to increase NIH funding in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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