We can't ignore the business practices of the companies that have come before us today.

If we are going to make good policy, we have to have more transparency, and it is why I am glad this Committee is working on measures to achieve that.

That is not an answer I can provide to my constituents who struggle with this.

We are taking, Mr. Chair, some steps in the right direction, Mr. Ranking Member, in the legislation that we will be working on tomorrow in this Committee.

Can you commit to meeting that deadline?

I look forward to working with my colleagues to ensure NIH has the resources it needs across its 27 institutes and centers to continue the progress of recent years.

We cannot afford to have NIH's potential limited or even worse have its legs cut out from under it.

So this will end our hearing today. I want to thank all of our committee members who attended for their thoughtful questions.

the juxtaposition of an act taken by the House Republicans last week that would result in drastic cuts to our public health programs and our research initiatives, and cuts that would undermine our Nation's competitiveness, as well as our…

the juxtaposition of an act taken by the House Republicans last week that would result in drastic cuts to our public health programs and our research initiatives, and cuts that would undermine our Nation's competitiveness, as well as our…

I was proud to author the Next Generation Researchers Act with Senator Collins to improve NIH opportunities for new and early stage researchers.

What they have proposed would require deep cuts to the NIH and would lock in those cuts over the next decade.