WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Lawmakers emphasize need for Republicans to join Democrats and support new guardrails to protect the integrity of NIH's grantmaking process followingTrumpadministration'spolitically motivated attacks onscience
Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ),Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and 28 of their colleaguesdemandedWhite House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought halt any plan topoliticize theNational Institutes of Health's (NIH) grant-making process. The Trump administration'sconsideration ofan executive ordercreating acommittee of unqualified political appointees to vetoindividualNIHawards selected by panels of scientific expertsis the latest ...