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Researchers and advocates urge Oregon lawmakers to press Congress to protect NIH funding
Summary
At a House Committee on Rules hearing, lawmakers, union representatives and OHSU researchers testified in support of House Joint Memorial 6 urging Congress to maintain stable National Institutes of Health funding.
Witnesses at a House Committee on Rules public hearing urged lawmakers to pass House Joint Memorial 6, which asks Congress to ensure robust annual funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to protect grant‑based research funding that supports projects at Oregon institutions.
Representative Zach Hudson, a chief sponsor, said NIH funding "fuels the development of innovative treatments" for conditions including Alzheimer’s, opioid addiction, heart disease and cancer. Other witnesses described how NIH grants support…
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