WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) questioned (https://ciosenus.box.com/s/fpr7n6sevdl2nls3y44fqnwvmjevl8gh) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya in front of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on the Trump Administration's massive cuts to lifesaving research into cures for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, ALS, and more. Dr. Bhattacharya and the Trump administration implemented a misguided multi-year funding policy that resulted in the NIH funding 2,000 fewer grants than the previous year. Senator Baldwin questioned Dr. Bhattacharya on the multi-year funding scheme that resulted in these deep cuts that shortchange...