Tammy Baldwin: “Some of my Republican colleagues have joined all of the…”

“Senator, what can Democrats do to stop this? Is there any recourse? There certainly is recourse, and that's because the National Institutes for Health have almost always enjoyed strong bipartisan support. And already Some of my Republican colleagues have joined all of the Democrats in pushing back against the Trump administration's handling of NIH. be that the firing of many scientists who have worked for NIH for decades, or whether that's their conduct in failing to award grants that otherwise would have been awarded.” (02:05–02:16)

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