Thad Cochran: “Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for presiding over this hearing and providing leadership for our subcommittee.”

This subcommittee will reconvene on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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

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.