Patty Murray: “NIH staff told me they can process less lab results and help…”

“A researcher at the University of Washington who works on curing cancer told me because of Trump, she had to literally pay out of her own pocket to keep her staff on and her clinical trial running. NIH staff told me they can process less lab results and help fewer patients thanks to Trump's arbitrary cuts. And on reproductive health care, even post Dobbs, Republicans are still finding new cruel ways to attack abortion, put up barriers and leave women without access to life saving care.” (04:32–04:42)

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