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Shelley Moore Capito: “We secured an additional $415 million for NIH funding.”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Chairman Capito Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing to Review NIH Budget Requests

Published | Video Starts at 00:34

I think all of us care a lot about biomedical research. It's long been a bicameral and bipartisan priority. And I'm proud of the work that we did last year where We secured an additional $415 million for NIH funding. Areas of concern for me and those at the dais know this are things we're ground zero for the opioid epidemic in West Virginia communities. (00:34–00:39)

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