US House of Representatives Proposes US$ 2 Billion Boost to Obama's NIH Budget Request. (March 28, 2012)

In a "Policy Alert" the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) published the following report:

Bipartisan Congressional Call to Increase NIH Budget. Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA), in partnership with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), crafted a letter signed by 153 Members of Congress that calls for an increase of $2 billion over the President's proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in FY 2013. The letter was sent to the chairs and ranking members of both the House Appropriations Committee and the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee and urged that the NIH budget be increased to $32 billion, saying that the level was "vital" in order to "maintain international leadership in science and biomedical research."

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