Thad Cochran: “Are you satisfied with the request being submitted to the Congress for funding that the FEMA DRF will have money to…”

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 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…

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.