Dick Durbin: “The budget of the National Institutes of Health is nearly…”

“This work is primarily supported by the National Institutes of Health, or nih. It is not only the nation's premier medical research agency, it is the world's premier medical research agency. Today, The budget of the National Institutes of Health is nearly $50 billion. The vast majority of their research is competitively awarded to scientists, research institutions and small businesses in every state across the nation. Last year, Illinois hospitals and universities received more than $1.2 billion in NIH funding.” (01:07–01:13)

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