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An unidentified senator opened the session by thanking witnesses for responses to Senator Collins and pressed for modernization plans that prioritize retaining early-career scientists and creating opportunities to keep them in the U.S. She urged focused efforts on retention rather than broad, undifferentiated policies.
At a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing, an unnamed senator pressed an NIH official on health disparities affecting Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities, emphasizing the agency's federal trust responsibility and the need for community-led research and retention of early-career scientists. The NIH official acknowledged distrust, noted higher rates of chronic disease and lower life expectancy, and called for community participation and local control of biospecimens.
