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Tammy Baldwin: “They've halted the research in progress [on racial…”

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Senator Tammy Baldwin Discusses NIH Budget Cuts and GOP Budget Bill on Forbes

Published June 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:15

By way of an example, studying racial disparities in Alzheimer's or whether certain conditions have disproportionate or disparate impacts on certain communities, They've halted the research in progress [on racial disparities in Alzheimer's]. We're seeing devastating results from this today. And of course, his proposal for next year would be even worse. Devastating impacts today, Proposal for next year even worse. (01:15–01:31)

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Asserts that research on racial disparities in Alzheimer's has been halted.

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