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. Mr. Secretary, you have no lawful authority to undertake this by yourself. (01:53–02:02)
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Asserts that the budget proposes cuts of nearly $4 billion to CDC and $18 billion to NIH.
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