Francis Collins: “I think this is another wonderful example of how our efforts to help those who are seeking treatment for addiction need…”

Both of those groundbreaking projects, BRAIN and All of Us, are now at severe risk because of budget and workforce cuts.

Let me remind you of the last sentence of that Gettysburg Address: 'that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.'

I never used the word 'cure' for a lot of diseases, but sickle cell can be cured with some of these treatments, and we need to make sure people have access to them.

But I have to tell you, both of those groundbreaking projects, BRAIN and All of Us, are now at severe risk because of budget and workforce cuts.