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Roy Blunt: “First, for the past six years, this Committee and Congress have prioritized and invested in NIH. Within this timeframe…”

On the recordMay 25, 2021
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, after having spent the previous decade at virtually level funding.
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

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Highlighting the increase in NIH funding and its impact on medical research.

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