I have penned a letter to the Speaker and to Chairman Obey, who I know are concerned about this issue, asking that we increase NIH funding in the President's 2009 budget for research on cancer, diabetes, heart disease, AIDS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's disease so that we double the amount that we had in the budget as requested by Congress.
Advocating for increased NIH funding for medical research during a speech on health issues.
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If the district plan is struck down, I will run for the seat I filed for and served for 19 years.
I just thought it was an uphill battle, and it would be physically demanding, and it would probably be a dirty campaign.
The odds of that happening simply independent of considering race is less likely than the old story about putting a monkey at a typewriter and then coming out with a Shakespeare play.
My main focus is Memphis, and I don’t think I can do that in those districts that could stretch all the way up to Williamson County.
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