Byron Dorgan: “I commend the chairman, Senator Specter, and the ranking member, Senator Harkin, for their work to increase funding for…”

“I commend the chairman, Senator Specter, and the ranking member, Senator Harkin, for their work to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health. As all of us know, Congress is on track toward doubling the funding for important health research and investigation through the NIH. That is critically important to this country. I am one of those who has been supportive of doubling the funding for the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is trying to unlock the mystery of many of the diseases that ravage the bodies of people who are suffering from Parkinson's disease, cancer, heart disease, and so many other diseases that afflict the American people and people around the globe. The type of research that is taking place at the National Institutes of Health is exciting and vibrant and paying big dividends. I thought I would mention, as I start, something I saw one day at the NIH called the healing garden.”