We are taking up the bill to change the authority of the Attorney General to replace U.S. attorneys on an indefinite basis, which has caused a lot of controversy.
Senator Harkin and I are going to be going to the floor and asking for an increase in the budget resolution on NIH.
But what we are looking for, within reason, is finding some way to quantify it.
But not for rehabilitation.
To have an allocation of less than $30 billion, candidly, is scandalous.
The work of this subcommittee is well known, and our vigorous advocacy for NIH.
I'm looking forward to the day when either Senator Harkin or I will be chairman of appropriations. I have a preference.
Candidly, a budget resolution is only Confederate money, it doesn't really count until there is an allocation.
My view is that the funding through the NIH is insufficient.
As I think it is fairly well known, Senator Harkin and I, over the course of the past two decades, have taken the lead on increasing funding...
the allocation for autism is substantially less than the allocation for other major research activities