Roy Blunt: “We must continue to firmly establish our Federal commitment to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).”

The subcommittee is in recess until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 7. Thank you all.

I am glad to get a chance to talk while Senator Manchin and Senator Collins, both good friends of mine who are here, and talk about some of the reasons for the hearing today.

These funding levels will put the U.S. back on the path to eliminating TB.

MCPP is thankful for the strong bipartisan support that the subcommittee leaders, Chairwoman Patty Murray and Ranking Member Roy Blunt, have shown in providing the NIH with its seventh consecutive funding increase during this time of…