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Summer Lee: “Your administration's fiscal year 27 budget proposes…”

Featuring: Summer Lee, Democratic | U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 12

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Summer Lee Confronts RFK Jr. On HHS Directive To Remove 'DEI' Language From Funding Applications

Published | Video Starts at 00:36

Your written testimony mentions maternal and child health four times. But from what I've seen, the NIH canceled grants researching black maternal health. Your administration's fiscal year 27 budget proposes eliminating Healthy Start. which is one of the federal government's primary community based maternal health programs. And you've made it a priority of HHS to end diversity, equity and inclusion. So yes or no? (00:36–00:41)

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Asserts that the fiscal year 27 budget proposes cutting the Healthy Start program.

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