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Kevin Mullin Rips Trump Admin’s Push To ‘Gut’ NIH: Their Work Is The ‘Difference Of Life Or Death’
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5/9/2025
During House floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA) spoke of his disapproval for cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
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Revise and extend my remarks. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong opposition to the Trump administration's
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proposal to gut the National Institutes of Health. Put simply, NIH's work is the difference between
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life and death for millions of Americans. Almost everyone knows someone who has lost a loved one
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to cancer or Alzheimer's, and cutting NIH funding will halt progress on developing cures for these
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diseases, just as we are on the cusp of once in a generation advancements. 99% of all FDA therapies
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between 2010 and 2019 were tied to NIH-funded science. And thanks to its research, heart disease
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deaths dropped 75% over the past 40 years. If the majority wants to have a debate about whether it's
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worth curing diseases, let's have it. I invite my colleagues to explain to their constituents why
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they are against fighting cancer or Alzheimer's. I urge them to reject these devastating cuts
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and stand up for the well-being of the American people, and I yield back.
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