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2025-02-25 - Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1352)
Introduced Date
2025-02-25
Policy Area
Health
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- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-Maryland]
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-Maryland]
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-New York]
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-Washington]
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-Oregon]
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-Hawaii]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-Connecticut]
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-New Jersey]
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-Wisconsin]
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-Delaware]
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-Vermont]
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-Oregon]
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-Arizona]
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-New Mexico]
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-California]
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-California]
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-Nevada]
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-Maine]
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This resolution says the Senate believes the National Institutes of Health should keep operating without any illegal delays or funding cuts. It also says NIH workers, including scientists, researchers, and medical staff, are important to medical progress and to finding better treatments and ways to respond to health problems.
- It says NIH research should continue without interruption, including work on childhood cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, heart disease, infectious diseases, ALS, and other health conditions.
- It says stopping or slowing NIH work could harm public health, the economy, and national security.
- It says the NIH workforce is essential because its work helps develop life-saving treatments and supports the nation’s biomedical research system.
- It warns that interfering with NIH operations could weaken the country’s ability to handle future public health challenges.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 93 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 93
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the operations of the National
Institutes of Health should not experience any interruption, delay, or
funding disruption in violation of the law and that the workforce of
the National Institutes of Health is essential to sustaining medical
progress.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2025
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Schumer,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Smith, Mr.
Booker, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Coons, Mr. Welch, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Merkley,
Mr. Gallego, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Rosen, Mr.
King, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Reed) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the operations of the National
Institutes of Health should not experience any interruption, delay, or
funding disruption in violation of the law and that the workforce of
the National Institutes of Health is essential to sustaining medical
progress.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) to protect the health, economic vitality, and national
security of the people of the United States, the operations of
the National Institutes of Health, including funding research
on childhood cancers, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, heart
disease, infectious disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and
other diseases and conditions, should not be subject to any
interruption, delay, or funding disruption in violation of the
law; and
(2) the workforce of the National Institutes of Health,
comprised of scientists, researchers, and medical
professionals, is essential to sustaining medical progress, and
any interference with its work undermines efforts to develop
life-saving treatments, weakens the biomedical research
enterprise, and threatens the Nation's ability to respond to
public health challenges.
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