But it's the children and the grandchildren of hardworking Americans will suffer. And they will fall further behind those whose families enjoy enormous wealth and privilege. Mr. Secretary, In the budget outline, you are asking Congress to cut funding for health programs by $33 billion, a cut of more than 25%. You are asking Congress to cut CDC by nearly $4 billion, NIH research by $18 billion. And you claim to be reorganizing the NIH. Any reorganizing of NIH must go through the Congress. (01:43–01:54)
CLAIM
Asserts that the budget proposes a $33 billion cut to health programs.
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