Political Quotes

“Woman, this amendment would require the NIH to report on their specific efforts to attract more women and racial and ethnic minorities into the biomedical workforce. It is clear that we must reverse the harmful trend of limited participation by women and racial and ethnic minorities in the biomedical workforce. To remain the world's leader in research, we must encourage the best and brightest from all populations to pursue biomedical research careers. Without robust participation by women and ethnic minorities, we risk losing our position as having the best biomedical workforce in the world. So I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment.”