05/24/2017
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"Non-defense discretionary programs play a variety of roles in supporting and enhancing our national security by contributing directly to health, education, and development of our youngest generation."
"Your budget would slash funding for CDC's Center for Chronic Disease Prevention by a whopping $237,000,000."
"Your budget would cut funding for CDC's immunization activities by $78,000,000."
"I consider this every bit as much as Defense budget as anything as DOD. I mean, as I have said on many, many occasions, we are much more likely to die in pandemics than in terrorist attacks."