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Diana DeGette: “All these agencies, plus all the institutes at the NIH, are…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette Discusses Impact of HHS Layoffs and Medicaid Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 03:01

And the reason. And so I went home because I'm a nerd. And it was like 11 o' clock at night. I got online and sure enough, All these agencies, plus all the institutes at the NIH, are all authorized by Congress. And so I think we need to make our agencies work as best they can and as efficiently as they can, continuing to do this research. (03:01–03:08)

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Asserts that federal agencies and NIH institutes are authorized by Congress.

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