No, the law specifically gives you three ways to use it and one of them does not include lowering drug prices.

It has been 4 years almost since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We still actually don't know where the virus originated.

Rebuilding NIH's relationship with Congress will require a strong Director who can overcome partisan divisions.

No, the law specifically gives you three ways to use it and one of them does not include lowering drug prices.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife can find more effective ways to communicate with and listen to southern African countries to address their wildlife conservation needs.

Congress use its oversight function to ensure that community-based conservation funds reach the African communities that need it most.

Senators expected to vote in your confirmation should be aware of any such deal prior to the nomination.

First and foremost, you will be tasked to rebuild the relationship with Congress and the public, being a leader that represents the interests of all Americans and not just of the scientific community.

My gosh, if we are doctors, we should actually look at the evidence, not listen to the rhetoric.

Last week, I asked President Biden and Secretary Becerra for a full accounting of any deals cut with Members of Congress relative to advancing your nomination.

This is not something that we need to kind of pussyfoot around.

I believe you when you say that you are committed to transparency and rebuilding the NIH's relationship with Congress.

Every poll tells us that. And that is they want--the American people want Congress to deal with the outrageously high cost of prescription drugs.

Unfortunately, it became a lightning rod for partisan debates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that eroded the trust between the NIH and the public.

If we are talking about something which is driving cancer, heart disease, hip replacement, you name it.

No, the law specifically gives you three ways to use it and one of them does not include lowering drug prices.

I am told that the funding at NIH that is specific for obesity is only about $100 and roughly $1.2 billion a year, about 2.5 percent of the budget.

Rebuilding NIH's relationship with Congress will require a strong Director who can overcome partisan divisions.

It has been 4 years almost since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We still actually don't know where the virus originated.

I point out that this hearing is apparently happening today, it was not going to otherwise, because of a publicly acknowledged deal the Biden administration cut with Chair Sanders to implement partisan drug pricing policies in exchange for…

The WILD Act must more easily facilitate the allocation of resources for community-based conservation, not bury African applicants under American paperwork, bureaucracy, and red tape.

It sounds like interfering with an investigation of a suicide, which may have been inappropriately handled on a Veterans Crisis Line, is incompetence.

That veteran was ill-served, and there--as best as I can tell, an attempt not to hold people accountable.

This is an incredibly damning OIG Report, incredibly damning.

That veteran was ill-served, and there--as best as I can tell, an attempt not to hold people accountable.