Thad Cochran: “We look forward to working with you to help ensure that funding is available to do these things that we had hoped the…”

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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…

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

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.