03/09/2011
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"I am concerned, specifically, with the proposal to break up hub awards into smaller pieces."
"I believe there are really three reasons for that."
"First, for the past six years, this Committee and Congress have prioritized and invested in NIH. Within this timeframe, funding for medical research increased by $12.85 billion, or nearly 43 percent, ..."
"It appears to me that this change would bring uncertainty to the program and jeopardize the stability of the hubs."