Thad Cochran: “We look forward to working with you in the appropriations process to identify priorities, to make sure that we have…”

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

We appreciate very much your leadership in the research effort and we commend you and those who work with you for helping make sure we have what we need in order to make our nation safe and secure.

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.