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• agencies, NOAA, NIH, CDC, just in time for Ebola and hantavirus, National Weather Service, which I'll
• We know that in 2025, NIH, for the long run.
• We know that in 2025, NIH and the National Science Foundation funded about a quarter fewer grants than
• I'm a former research scientist, and I received my PhD in biophysics from UC Irvine, and the NIH funded
• I'm a former research scientist and I received my PhD in biophysics from UC Irvine and the NIH funded

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I asked him specifically if it was his intent to let the scientists of the CDC, the NIH, BARDA, and other
• And there are areas of Health and Human Services that, if you touch the gold standard for the NIH and
• experiences required not only to run a major organization, Health and Human Services, but also the CDC, the NIH

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• This was allowed because of the basic research done at NIH and NCI.
• talent<00:55:45.359> from NIH funding attracts top talent from NIH funding attracts top
• approximately<00:57:31.119> 92.9 NIH funding generated approximately 92.9 NIH funding generated
• <00:58:24.799> grants, university recipient of NIH grants, university recipient of NIH grants
• research done at NIH and NCI. research done at NIH and NCI.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• A recent NIH cost burden study found that health care costs for people with rare diseases are three to
• providing coordinated management<00:04:17.320> a<00:04:17.479> recent<00:04:17.759> NIH
• <00:04:18.199> cost<00:04:18.479> burden management a recent NIH cost burden management
• a recent NIH cost burden study<00:04:19.120> found<00:04:19.440> that<00:04:19.600>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 1501, which would fund the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council and make the current fiscal year 2025 budget its permanent base. Representative Murphy said the bill would provide about $342,000 in general fund money for the 2026-27 cycle and argued that the council helps shorten diagnosis times, support research, and keep Minnesota a leader in rare disease work. Erica Barnes, the council’s executive director, testified in support and explained that the council was established in 2022 to improve care for the estimated one in 10 Minnesotans living with a rare disease. She said the council needs the full $668,000 level it operated with this year to maintain its statutory duties, noting that the current ongoing base is about $326,000 and that the extra funding was previously one-time money. Barnes described the barriers faced by rare disease patients, including long diagnostic delays, limited provider knowledge, and the fact that only a small share of rare diseases have FDA-approved treatments. She said rare disease care is costly to the health system and that the council has used prior funding to convene the community more regularly and carry out its work. Representative Leing questioned why the budget should be doubled and asked what additional work the council would do with the higher amount; Barnes responded that without the larger ongoing appropriation the council would fall back to 1.8 FTE and would have to stop some programs. Representative Hingson Jger spoke in support, saying the council’s collaboration has been valuable for policy work in the genetic and rare disease space. In closing, Murphy emphasized Minnesota’s leadership in rare disease and shared a personal story about how diagnosis and treatment changed his family’s life. No public testimony was offered. The chair then laid House File 1501 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.

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• Pharmacy Department is looking into new Alzheimer's therapies, and they received a $1.1 million grant from NIH
• So it looks like most of the federal funding for research is coming from the NIH.
• I think what you're going to find is that the NIH has funded a lot of different types of research, but

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• But when it comes to NIH and other science, you know, we like to talk about settled science.
• But when it comes to NIH and other science, you know, we like to talk about settled science.
• But when it comes to NIH and other science, you know, we like to talk about settled science.
• So in NIH I also found a study the time.
• <01:30:22.000> and<01:30:22.679> other told, by the NIH and other told, by the NIH

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• estimated 309 million in research expenditure for fiscal year 2023 alone, including 144.9 million in NIH
• estimated 309 million in research expenditure for fiscal year 2023 alone, including 144.9 million in NIH
• estimated 309 million in research expenditure for fiscal year 2023 alone, including 144.9 million in NIH

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• are available to them because of the work overwhelmingly done by biomedical research funded by the NIH
• um biomedical research funded by the NIH um and<00:29:23.880> so<00:29:24.279> and<00:
• is funding and it would that the NIH is funding and it would absolutely<00:30:49.080> devastate
• We have a negotiated rate of 54% at the University for NIH funds.
• <00:46:04.240> funds 54% um at the University for NIH funds 54% um at the University for NIH

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You're concerned that it's an endanger designation as the cancer center institute and may impact NIH
• grant funding yes okay thank thank NIH grant funding yes okay thank thank you<00:30:30.159> um
• Yeah, as I said, at NIH the P30 does not require that the cancer center, in order to be NCI designated
• Yeah, as I said, at NIH the P30 does not require that the cancer center, in order to be NCI designated
• There are 37 ADRCs in the nation that are NIH-funded, and by organizing the existing dementia research

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Higher Education met on February 6 and began with decision-making items. SB 663, concerning additional positions for the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, was deferred again after the chair said the university’s response did not include the requested details on vacant positions, recruitment status, and fill dates. The chair said the committee needed the full information before considering new positions, and the university apologized for treating the request as informal rather than a formal committee inquiry. The committee then discussed SB 672, relating to capital improvement projects for the Y. Manalo Research Station. University representatives said the project had been identified late because of timing and that they were still developing a broader plan for SEAR research facilities. The chair questioned how the project fit within the university’s existing Board of Regents-approved CIP priorities and whether any current priorities should be displaced. The university said it could not unilaterally reprioritize the budget, and the measure was deferred pending better direction on how it fits into the overall plan. For SB 557, which would require the John A. Burns School of Medicine to direct a study on physician and dentist recruitment and retention for Maui, the committee heard strong testimony in support from Maui health care providers and community representatives. Supporters described severe shortages of physicians and dentists, long waits for care, and the need for housing, loan repayment, scholarships, transportation, and telehealth support to retain providers. The university said it was willing to help and suggested the work could be done through existing rural health and AHEC efforts. The bill was kept alive for further work, with the chair encouraging the parties to develop a plan. The committee also heard SB 1107, establishing a medical education position at JABSOM to support ECHO-style mentorship and guidance programs. The university opposed the bill, saying it did not believe the measure addressed a problem that needed fixing and that Hawaiʻi already has five ECHO clinics administered through the Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association, not JABSOM. The committee then took up SB 1204, concerning integration of the Kakaʻako medical school and cancer center. University leadership asked for time to develop a plan and timeline, possibly with an external consultant, and requested the bill be withdrawn. The chair expressed skepticism, citing long-standing concerns about the cancer center’s finances and planning. Testimony included support from the American Cancer Society and a patient who warned that integration could jeopardize the cancer center’s NCI designation and clinical trials, while a university vice president said the NIH P30 grant does not require the cancer center and medical school to remain separate and that many NCI centers are integrated. No final votes were taken on the measures discussed in the excerpt.

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• there was a way for our federal government to cut the overhead reimbursement rates for R01 funding for NIH
• But that means that the partnership is with the NIH, the National Institutes of Health.
• Again, biomedical research is what I'm thinking about; the NIH has affected this in many other areas
• I mean, I was going to talk more about NIH funding, but we covered... A lot of that.
• Let me say, I'm happy to talk about NIH more if you'd like, but I'd say this is a really, really critical

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• have turned around with their teams and garnered $11 in support from other funders, most notably the NIH
• university in our 38-county catchment area, and as the only academic health center in the U.S. with five NIH-designated
• I'm also very proud to share that we have The only NIH Alzheimer's Designated Research Center here in
• Sudha Seshadri, the director of the Big Zin Institute, and our NIH-funded Alzheimer's Center Director
• Texas, 120-year-old, ranked number 10 in the nation for NIH ranking.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Your medical school gets more funding from the NIH than a third of the states in America.
• Madam Chair, you raised a question earlier about NIH and science and research cuts. That’s real.
• With the NIH cuts, with the deferred maintenance, how do we...
• And I think, you know, it's terrible what's happening with NIH funding...
• And I think, you know, it's terrible what's happening with NIH funding, NSF funding, and the like.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its second public hearing of the 194th General Court on capital investments in higher education, focusing primarily on H.54, the Bright Act, along with H.1426/S.949 on green and healthy public colleges and universities and deferred maintenance, and H.1424 on capital investment in Gateway Cities. Chairs and administration officials framed the hearing as a response to aging campus infrastructure, climate goals, workforce needs, and federal pressures on higher education, and explained that testimony would be taken from pre-registered speakers in person and virtually. University of Massachusetts leaders strongly supported the Bright Act, describing large deferred maintenance backlogs, aging buildings, and the need to decarbonize campuses while modernizing research and teaching facilities. UMass officials said the bill would help keep tuition and fees lower by reducing the need for campuses to finance capital work themselves, and argued that the investments would improve competitiveness, support research, and create construction jobs. Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Secretary of Education Tuttweiler, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Gorzkowicz also backed the bill, saying it would leverage Fair Share surtax revenues for a proposed $2.5 billion in campus investments plus additional targeted grants, and that it would support affordability, economic growth, and climate resilience. Committee members asked about the balance between deferred maintenance and decarbonization, the role of grant programs versus direct spending, the impact on tuition and fees, and how the plan would help campuses respond to federal cuts such as NIH and NSF funding. Administration officials said the proposal was designed to be phased in quickly, with some projects ready to start immediately and others taking longer, and that the grant programs would be structured to include all campuses equitably. They also said the plan would build on an existing financing model similar to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and could help campuses avoid future tuition increases tied to capital costs. Additional testimony came from MassBay Community College, where President David Podell and recent nursing graduate Deanna Cavazos described the benefits of a new Framingham campus building and said community colleges need modern labs, better planning capacity, and deferred maintenance support to serve the enrollment growth from MassReconnect and MassEducate. State university leaders, including President Mary Grant, President Linda Thompson, and President John Keenan, said their campuses face outdated classrooms, insufficient electrical capacity, and aging facilities, and urged passage of the Bright Act as a long-overdue investment in student success and workforce preparation.

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• about it<00:40:11.400> uh<00:40:11.520> now<00:40:11.640> the<00:40:11.760> NIH
• might<00:40:12.440> say<00:40:12.640> that<00:40:12.800> oh it uh now the NIH
• c><00:40:34.240> might<00:40:34.440> claim<00:40:35.040> that Your Law now the NIH
• might claim that Your Law now the NIH might claim that what<00:40:35.520> we're<00:40:35.680>
• because<00:40:38.400> the<00:40:38.520> same<00:40:38.640> $35 cuts to the NIH

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The NIH is a cornerstone of our nation's biomedical research infrastructure.
• NIH funding cuts will strip research groups of hundreds of millions of dollars to cover indirect expenses
• The new NIH policy would disrupt education, lead to job losses, and stall national leadership and global
• the federal government to reaffirm its commitment to health, education, and innovation by restoring NIH

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed visiting students from De La Salle High School and a guest for Assembly Member Kalra, and then moved through a lengthy concurrence and third-reading agenda. Early actions included concurrence on ACR 21 honoring fallen Galt Police Officer Herminda Grewal, followed by a series of mostly noncontroversial bills on utilities, reclamation districts, housing, wildfire relief, mobile homes, environmental quality, health care coverage, and local government. Several measures were presented as technical, clarifying, or urgency bills, and many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; notable items included AB 238 (wildfire mortgage forbearance), AB 571 (Southern California Veterans Cemetery permitting/CEQA exemption), AB 574 (health care coverage), AB 696 (lithium-ion battery safety advisory group), AB 1150 (airport car rental facility maintenance), AB 1154 (ADU parking standards), and SB 499 (impact fee deferrals for emergency-related parkland and utility infrastructure). SB 499 drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing disaster resilience and dual-use parkland and an opponent arguing it would worsen housing-related fee burdens; it ultimately passed after a call was lifted. The chamber also adopted SJR 4 urging restoration of NIH funding, and passed SB 230 expanding workers’ compensation presumptions to additional firefighters, SB 92 tightening density bonus law to curb loopholes, SB 782 creating disaster relief financing districts, SB 40 capping insulin copays at $35 and limiting step therapy, SB 362 strengthening small-business financing disclosures, SB 513 requiring workers access to training records, SB 489 requiring public agencies involved in housing approvals to post requirements online, SB 31 promoting recycled water use, SB 551 introducing normalization and dynamic security concepts in corrections, SB 639 extending flood-protection deadlines for Sacramento/Yuba projects, SB 653 defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management, AB 652 on air pollution, and SB 221 updating stalking law to include threats to pets. Several bills received recorded opposition or split votes, including SB 551, SB 439, SB 782, and SB 499, but most measures passed comfortably. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments on AB 516 and AB 1523, and later lifted the call on SB 499 to complete passage. The session included an adjournment in memory of Rick Bryson of Long Beach, with Assembly Member Lowenthal highlighting Bryson’s athletic, business, and civic contributions. The day ended with reminders to secure floor managers for pending bills, a notice of the next day’s 10 a.m. floor session, and adjournment until Thursday, September 4th.

Bills: HR202, HB2095, SB2657, SB2138, SB3110, SB3082, SB3109, HB1800

Keywords: Hawaii, Hawaiʻi, house resolution, congratulatory resolution, education, public schools, librarian of the year, middle school principal of the year, school counselor of the year, teacher of the year, library system, blind and print disabled, accessible learning, braille, audio technology, principal, school counselor, agriculture education, culinary arts, student recognition

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• lower cost is not partisan, but they have taken a wrecking ball to our federal science agencies, NOAA, NIH
• We know that in 2025, NIH and the National Science Foundation funded about a quarter fewer grants than
• I'm a former research scientist, and I received my PhD in biophysics from UC Irvine, and the NIH-funded
• ... ...and I received my PhD in biophysics from UC Irvine, and the NIH funded my dissertation and those

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills on June 9. SB 1023 by Senator Laird would require insurers that cover injectable HIV PrEP under the medical benefit to also cover it through the pharmacy benefit, with supporters saying the change would reduce reimbursement delays and expand access, while health plans opposed it as an unnecessary mandate that interferes with benefit design. SB 964 by Senator Smallwood-Quivas would limit prior authorization for certain dose or frequency adjustments to covered medications, especially for chronic complex conditions; medical supporters said it would prevent harmful delays in care, while insurers argued it weakens safety and utilization controls. SB 1323 by Senator Rubio, as amended, would strengthen protections for people in immigration custody receiving medical care by requiring hospitals and facilities to inform staff how to respond to requests and allowing patients to notify family members of their location; it passed with one no vote. SB 1099 by Senator Reyes would clarify local governments’ authority to provide state and local public benefits to all residents under federal PRWORA rules, with supporters saying it would reduce legal uncertainty for safety-net services; it passed, though one member later changed a vote to no on the add-on roll call. The committee also took up SB 895 by Senator Wiener, a proposed $12 billion science research bond for the November ballot that would create a California scientific research funding institute. Supporters from UC, UAW, hospitals, and advocacy groups said the measure would help offset federal cuts, protect research jobs, and sustain California’s leadership in biomedical and other research; there was no opposition, and the bill passed on a party-line style vote with two no votes. SB 944, also by Senator Wiener, would stabilize Medi-Cal coverage for acupuncture, which supporters described as a cost-effective, non-pharmacological treatment for pain and other conditions that has repeatedly been threatened in the budget process; it passed unanimously. The committee also approved consent items SB 918 and SB 1202, and later cleared the remaining measures on call after roll votes and add-on votes were taken.

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• I worked on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that funds public health programs like the NIH, the
• ><00:15:14.520> programs<00:15:15.000> like<00:15:15.200> the<00:15:15.240> NIH
• , uh public health programs like the NIH, uh public health programs like the NIH, the<00:15:15.960

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 March, 2026; 11:15 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first considered nominees to the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering: Tom Elkins, Todd Freeman, and Aaron Washington. Each described their background in the hair industry and expressed support for making licensing and regulation more workable while still protecting health and safety. Members discussed the need for a balance between oversight and burden, with the chair emphasizing that inspectors should educate rather than intimidate. The committee then voted to advise and consent on the nominees, and the motion carried. The committee next took up the reappointment of Jim Perry to the State Board of Health. Perry described his background in state and federal policy, finance, and health-related work, and said his board service had highlighted operational problems in state government, including personnel and procurement bottlenecks, staffing shortages, succession challenges, and the need for better, more consistent data to guide the state health plan and certificate-of-need decisions. He suggested continued budget support for policy and planning staff, more frequent updates to the health plan, and a review of whether prior procurement and personnel reforms went too far. Members asked about his statement of economic interest and discussed the broader need for better health care information and administration. The committee voted to advise and consent on Perry’s reappointment. It then handled a block of nominations to the Board of Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, voting to take them up and to advise and consent. Finally, the committee addressed the nomination of Dr. Anthony to the State Board of Health, noting that the seat had become vacant due to a recent death and voting to return the nomination to the governor as a procedural matter. The meeting concluded with a motion to rise and report.

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• The NIH is not just another governmental agency.
• This attack on the NIH is part of a larger pattern.
• This attack on the NIH is part of a larger pattern.
• This attack on the NIH is part of a larger pattern.
• You and your stand up for the NIH.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• NIH funding cuts will no doubt shorten my life.
• NIH funding cuts will no doubt cake.
• I bill, this cut to NIH funding will do.
• <01:05:16.400> scientific NIH.
• Do not undermine scientific NIH.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• real time by students and faculty relying on competitively earned dollars from both the NSF and the NIH
• to support their the NSF and the NIH to support their academic<00:21:41.120> and<00:21:41.360
• I'm here today to share with you the impact the CARE program, a formerly NIH-funded R25 program, has
• I'm here today to share with you the impact the CARE program, a formerly NIH-funded R25 program, has
• proposal applications that than 110 NIH proposal applications that remain<01:08:08.640> pending

Keywords: 1187, senate, all