Roy Blunt: “I am much more interested in assisting unserved areas than I am assisting a second competitor.”

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…

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.

... it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians--to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and urban Indians and to provide for all resources…

We need to move forward with the clarifications that are so obviously needed.