WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Following an announced agreement to transfer funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) slammed the Trump Administration for their misplaced priorities by seeking to divert lifesaving funding from the NIH to the Pentagon.
"There are a lot of issues that come before us in Congress, and there are a lot of political opinions on those issues. What I have found over the years is that there are few issues that transcend politics-medical research is one of those issues. It's a situation where I don't care if the researcher, scientist, or doctor is a Democrat or Repu...