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Article: REP. LEVIN WRITES LETTER LETTER TO HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION CHAIRMAN OBEY IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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- October 26, 2007
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Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich. (12th CD), issued the following letter:
Dear Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Walsh: As you and your colleagues develop the final House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008 with the Senate, we respectfully request that you adopt a funding level for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the final appropriations bill that is at least equal to the Senate level.
While we had hoped that this year would be the first of several to enact funding levels needed to reverse years of erosion of NIH funding, we recognize that budgetary constraints and competing priorities require difficult choices. Nevertheless, as you ...