Let me turn to what is what it is that we do know about your budget request and what is happening at the Department of Health and Human Services. Your fiscal year 2026 budget to the National Institutes of Health of $18 billion that would have a devastating impact on research into life saving cures and treatments for devastating diseases, setting back medical innovations by decades. It would push the brightest scientific minds to work in other countries. It would cede our leadership in biomedical research to China. It would also take away hope for millions of American families. (02:47–03:10)
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Asserts that the proposed NIH budget cut would severely impact medical research and innovation.
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