Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:59 a.m., in room SD–124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tom Harkin (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Harkin, Reed, Mikulski, Brown, Shelby, Kirk and Moran. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STATEMENT OF DR. FRANCIS S. COLLINS, DIRECTOR ACCOMPANIED BY: HAROLD VARMUS, M.D., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D., DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AL- LERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUSAN B. SHURIN, M.D., ACTING DIRECTOR, NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE DR. GRIFFIN RODGERS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIA- BETES, DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TOM HARKIN Senator HARKIN. The Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education will now come to order. First of all, Dr. Collins, welcome back to the subcommittee. We welcome also Dr. Harold Varmus, Director of the National Cancer Institute; Dr. Tony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Al- lergy and Infectious Diseases; Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and Dr. Susan Shurin, Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This subcommittee holds an appropriations hearing on the NIH budget every year, and every year I am both inspired by the dedi- cation of the scientists who testify before us and proud that their accomplishments have made America the world leader in bio- medical research.
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