Susan Collins: “No objection, and I so modify my request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…”

While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice has become increasingly political.

It would undermine the goal of awarding funds based on scientific merit and value, rather than political ideology.

So, I hope we’ll take advantage of this opportunity to delay it.

Senator Collins asked the OMB to withdraw parts of the rule that would unduly burden scientific and biomedical research and small communities.