Congress allocated the money. My job is to make sure that the money goes the two excellent research projects. My intention is that we will spend. I'm asking about Forward funding disguises even deeper cuts in the NIH budget than the budget submission would suggest. Yes. So I just wanted to preface my answer to that because you asked that also. But as regarding forward funding, that's a budget proposal. I mean again, the plan, you don't. (04:09–04:18)
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Asserts that forward funding hides deeper cuts in the NIH budget.
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