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Patty Murray: “President Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019 once again seeks deep cuts across the spectrum of health activities…”

On the recordMay 16, 2018
President Trump's budget for fiscal year 2019 once again seeks deep cuts across the spectrum of health activities, including a reduction to the National Institutes of Health that would cut its funding down to roughly $100 million below the 2017 enacted level.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray criticizes Trump's proposed budget cuts to NIH funding.

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