No, I think they should fund more. And the budget proposal? One of the few agencies that's gotten a raise in the budget proposal is NCI. That increase is less than $1 million. For an institute with a $7 billion budget, that is a .701% increase. It would not even cover the cost of one additional grant. But, Mr. Secretary, NIH's own budget documents show that last year the national cancer institute funded 260 fewer new cancer research grants. (00:17–00:29)
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Asserts that the National Cancer Institute's budget increase is less than $1 million, a .701% increase.
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