Thad Cochran: “Mr. Secretary, my wide-awake staff has decided I need to ask one more question.”

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.

I wish to honor former Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, who passed away September 13 in Albuquerque. It was a privilege to call Pete a friend and to work with him as a Senate colleague and member of the Appropriations Committee…