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‘Constituents Are Literally Begging For Their Lives’: Maxine Dexter Decries Looming NIH Funding Cuts
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6/5/2025
During House floor remarks on Thursday, Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) slammed potential National Institutes of Health funding cuts.
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Mr. Speaker, this year I received a letter from Rachel, a mother in my district with
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stage 4 lung cancer, who is living on borrowed time. She's depending on future innovation
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driven by NIH research to see her son grow up. Her words are more powerful than mine,
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so I will read them directly. Quote, I could write endless words about how many will be
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devastated by these funding cuts, but this is not that kind of letter. Despite my generous nature,
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cancer has taught me to be selfish. Every single day, I think about my mortality. How long do I
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have left? Is that shoulder pain or something else? Will I be alive to see my son graduate from high
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school? He turned 11 in February, and I made him a lemon cake. NIH funding cuts will no doubt shorten
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my life. There is no truth about which I have ever been more certain. End quote. Mr. Speaker,
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our constituents are literally begging for their lives. As a physician and a mother, I cannot speak
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enough about the harm that this bill, this cut to NIH funding will do. I understand the importance
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of NIH funding because that is the driver of innovation and scientific discovery. To my Republican
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colleagues, now is the time to show courage. Stop these cuts to the NIH. Do not undermine scientific
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innovation. And to Rachel, I will fight for you with everything I have. You deserve to see
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your son graduate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back.
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The chair now recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Thompson, for five minutes.
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