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Diana DeGette: “On June 16, a federal judge ruled a large swath of NIH grant…”

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

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Congressional Hearing: Diana DeGette Questions Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on NIH Grant Terminations and HHS Policies

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

Mr. Chairman, I'd like to enter these into the record, please. Without objection. Thank you. On June 16, a federal judge ruled a large swath of NIH grant terminations illegal and void and vacated them, requiring that the grants resume. These grants deal with science that is disfavored by this administration. As we just heard from the witness, Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, said that the administration's explanations for terminating the grants were, quote, bereft of reasoning virtually in their entirety, end quote. (00:33–00:47)

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Asserts that a federal judge ruled NIH grant terminations illegal and required their resumption.

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