President Trump wants to carve a whopping $5.8 billion out of the National Institutes of Health’s budget next year. But he’s handcuffed in one regard: He can’t touch the big science projects that President Obama launched.
That’s because Congress last year overwhelmingly passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which guarantees NIH $4.8 billion over the next 10 years. The vast majority of that money is earmarked for a trio of Obama’s signature initiatives — and Congress has shown no signs of backing away from those appropriations.
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Presidents historically make visits to NIH & their visits are celebrated by pictures hanging in the lobby at NIH Clinical Center. Expect there will never be a picture of President Trump. I’m surprised as Barron is in need of the kind of treatments that NIH is world renowned in providing.