Secretary Kennedy, do you think that NIH should fund less cancer research? No, I think they should fund more. And the budget proposal? One of the few agencies that's gotten a raise in the budget proposal is [the National Cancer Institute]. NCI. That increase is less than $1 million. For an institute with a $7 billion budget, that is a.701% increase. It would not even cover the cost of one additional grant. (00:11–00:17)
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