I was extremely troubled, which is the understatement, by the administration's budget request to not only make a dramatic $7,500,000,000 cut to the NIH but, in particular, to slash funding for research facilities that host NIH grantees and pay for things as basic as keeping the lights on.
Lowey expresses deep concern over significant cuts to NIH funding.
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