Thad Cochran: “Thank you very much.”

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.