Yoder to Fight NIH Cuts in Administration Budget Proposal

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Representative Kevin Yoder (R-KS) issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration's budget proposal that includes a $5.8 billion cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH):

"More than 300 members voted to boost medical research by billions in November, we cannot turn around a few short months later and slash its budget. Funding to research cures to the 10,000 known diseases in this world, like cancer, Alzheimer's, or Parkinson's is a priority for every family in America, regardless of political party. I will fight to ensure that these proposed cuts to medical research funding never make it into law."

In November, Yoder championed the 21st Century Cures Act, which passed the House 392-26. The bill increased biomedical research funding at NIH by $4.8 billion over the next decade and streamlined drug approval process at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to bring treatments to patients more quickly. In 2015, more than 100 House Republicans signed onto Yoder's letter to House leadership pushing for a $3 billion NIH funding increase that eventually led to the largest funding increase for research in 12 years.

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