Roy Blunt: “Well, I encourage you to pursue all of that work as vigorously as we can.”

Through the strong, bipartisan action of this Subcommittee's leaders, Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray, Congress is helping the agency regain lost ground after years of effectively flat budgets.

We request this subcommittee preserve CDC's global measles control activities for fiscal year 2020 at $50 million.

Senator Blunt's longstanding promise of expanding the reach and resources of the Nation's Registry has saved thousands of lives.

We especially thank Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray for their unwavering support for the NIH.