The President's budget has proposed a 20 percent cut to the NIH budget. How would a 20 percent cut to NIH impact the patients served by your members?
Maggie Hassan
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Maggie Hassan is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire since January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously held the position of the 81st governor of New Hampshire from January 3, 2013, to January 5, 2017. During her tenure as governor, Hassan focused on expanding access to healthcare, improving the state's economy, and addressing issues related to education and infrastructure.
To the people I hear from, whose young children are having sudden new allergic reactions and have to pay $600 for an Epipen, the average cost increase doesn't matter to them when you're not part of the average, right?
The Appropriations Committee... recommended a $2 billion increase in National Institutes of Health funding, which was approved.
I think the thing we should be doing is listening to the people who are tasked with securing the border.
I just got back from my home State, where I heard from a constituent whose cancer treatment... would cost him $34,000 out-of-pocket.
Thank you, Madam Chairman and Ranking Member Booker. And thank you for passing your time on to me.
I am not sure that is a cost the American taxpayer is willing to bear, especially when they were told that Mexico would be paying for the wall.
When I asked Border Patrol agents over and over again, 'What do you need?', they told me they needed technology and, yes, some additional fencing.





