it is also the greatest return on investment of anything that the government spends money on, $8.38 of return in 5 years from every dollar that you all allocate to NIH
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Collins emphasizes the high return on investment from NIH funding.
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What I worry about this is it's being presented as if it's a major alternative view held by large numbers of experts in the scientific community. That is not true. This is fringed component of epidemiology. This is not mainstream science…
Give us 5 percent real growth for 10 straight years and we can make a difference in the lives of people around the world and save more than the money that you will put into medical research.
I really am hopeful that Democrats and Republicans can come together again this time and build on the bipartisan foundation.
That hangs over us like a dark cloud, because if sequestration is not dealt with, we stand to lose another $19 billion that would have gone to medical research over the coming years.





