Washington, June 3 -- Representative Sharice Davids issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and 37 others questioned (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ls3EJ_Po3B8oS8ChpbxwdqgLxdt-3ZF2/view?usp=sharing) Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about staffing shortages at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that are slowing the distribution of congressionally approved research funding.
"These delays are not abstract," wrote the Members. "They affect research into cancer treatments, Alzheimer's and dementia, diabetes, and rare diseases that families across the country are living with every day. When grants stall, so does progress...