So, it is the NIH research which has identified a way for early screening to treat cancer at an early stage.
Elimination of disease, and the suffering that goes with it, ought to be our primary concern.
You have two strong allies in Senator Harkin and myself, Dr. Zerhouni, and you have the potential to have 533 more if there's sufficient pol...
We, regrettably, cannot use Federal funding on stem cell research, except for a few lines, which were available back on August 9, 2001.
Health is our most important capital asset. Without health, there is nothing any of us can do.
I hear a lot of people--and a lot of my friends are dying of cancer--and I know a lot of people with heart conditions.
Last year, we increased the budget for the subcommittee by $7 billion.
Well, that's why I'm asking you, Dr. Zerhouni.
NIH has researched and found treatments for various strains of cancer, isn't that correct?
It is simply unacceptable to have a $500+ million cut in NIH funding, as proposed by the administration this year.
Senator Harkin and I have taken the lead, as is fairly well known, in increasing the funding for NIH from $12 billion to almost $30 billion.