Nearly everyone in Congress says they support funding that agency. Talk is cheap, and Congress has decimated the NIH's budget, singlehandedly choking off support for projects that could lead to the next major breakthrough in Alzheimer's and many other diseases.
Elizabeth Warren: “Nearly everyone in Congress says they support funding that agency. Talk is cheap, and Congress has decimated the NIH's…”
On the recordMarch 9, 2015
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Warren criticizes Congress for cutting NIH funding despite claims of support.
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