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Diana Harshbarger: “The NIH was set up after World War II and they had to have…”

Featuring: Diana Harshbarger, Republican | U.S. House Tennessee, 1st Congressional District

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Full interview with Reps. Jake Auchincloss and Diana Harshbarger | POLITICO Health Care Summit 2025

Published | Video Starts at 04:24

And as far as I heard a question that they asked Kelly Means about cutting funding for NIH as far as the administrative portion. Look, The NIH was set up after World War II and they had to have that huge administration fee. to set these, these teaching facilities and research facilities up. When you scale back to what it should be, the 16% or whatever, they, they still have the money for the research. (04:24–04:31)

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Asserts that NIH's administrative structure was established post-World War II with a large administration fee.

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