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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “One of the few agencies that's gotten a raise in the budget…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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RFK, Jr.'s Actions on Cancer Funding Speak Louder Than His Words

Published | Video Starts at 00:11

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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