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Letter to Chairwoman Mikulski, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Moran - Prioritize Funding for Medical Research

Letter

Date: Jan. 13, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Science Health and Health Care

Dear Chairwoman Mikulski, Vice Chairman Shelby, Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Moran:

As you and your colleagues finalize the Fiscal Year 2014 appropriations bills, we would like to reiterate our strong support for funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill.

Enclosed with this letter is a Dear Colleague letter we authored in 2013 to your Committee, expressing our ongoing commitment to NIH funding. This letter had the support of 50 additional Senators. We sent a similar letter in the fall to the Committee on the Budget, signed by many of the same Senators and with the support of six additional Senators. As the enclosed Dear Colleague letter demonstrates, the NIH enjoys broad, bipartisan support.

We therefore urge you to continue your support for the NIH and thank you for your consideration of this request.

Sincerely,

Robert P. Casey, Jr.
United States Senator

Richard Burr
United States Senator


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