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Dick Durbin: “President Trump's cuts to NIH research funding have slowed…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Praises Dr. Fauci On The Senate Floor For His Significant Contributions To Public Health

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

If my Republican colleagues want to hold hearings, perhaps they should hold one on the impact of President Trump's cuts to NIH research funding have slowed research into heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's. Or they could investigate how the FDA has lost 20% of its staff under this administration deeply damaging food safety efforts. (04:04–04:20)

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Asserts that cuts to NIH funding have slowed research into major diseases.

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