I am hopeful that this body will act. I am hopeful that we will come together and actually do something to put parents back in the driver's seat and to protect our children.

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…

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

Cutting spending as they have proposed would mean slashing approximately 22 percent from programs next year.

It would mean a cut of over $10 billion in fiscal year 2024 alone for life-saving medical research at NIH.

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'm pleased to say this subcommittee has a proven track record of recognizing the tremendous importance of supporting our Nation's biomedical research community.

I am hopeful that this body will act. I am hopeful that we will come together and actually do something to put parents back in the driver's seat and to protect our children.

I just want to comment also that when we look at this oversight, we want to make sure that we don't prompt scientists to move their experiments to countries where there are less stringent requirements.

It is outrageous that NIH is complicit in this case of pass the harasser and I want to know what you're doing to hold the researcher and institutions accountable and how you will prevent incidents like this from happening again in the…

It would mean a cut of over $10 billion in fiscal year 2024 alone for life-saving medical research at NIH.