WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked the Trump administration for chopping federal biomedical analysis funding, cancelling grants, and shedding federal well being division workers, and stated the adjustments should be reversed.
“Proposed funding cuts, the firing of important federal scientists, and coverage uncertainties threaten to undermine the inspiration for our nation’s world management,” she stated Wednesday at a listening to titled Biomedical Analysis: Preserving America’s Edge in Innovation.
Collins is without doubt one of the strongest Republicans to talk out in opposition to Trump’s cuts. The listening to contains researchers from Collins’ state of Maine and from Alabama. Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt additionally has raised considerations about cuts to school analysis grants.
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