The Secretary is here today to defend his fiscal year 2026 budget. This budget is a roadmap to continue the chaos of the past several months and a blueprint for a sicker and poorer America. This budget seeks to cut the NIH by 40%. What that means is less NIH funded research, fewer high quality studies, and a shrinking base of scientific talent. In the United States, NIH funded research underpinned nearly every single drug approval in the US from 2010 to 2019. (03:48–03:52)
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Asserts a proposed significant budget cut to the NIH.
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