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Tom Cole: “The national institute is about $32 billion this year, which…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Cole on Congress with guest Rep. John Moolenaar

Published | Video Starts at 14:52

And so as a result, I think the CDC plays an important role. It really does. It's, you know, not as well known as the National Institute of Health. And it's, I mean, The national institute is about $32 billion this year, which we're going to make 34, and CDC is a little over 7, which we're going to push up to about 8. But again, they really are about the frontline defense for the American people to keep really terrible things like Ebola out of the United States. (14:52–15:01)

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Asserts planned budget increases for the National Institute of Health and CDC.

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