Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers from National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders Wednesday, accusing them of not knowing basic information about the agency and saying that the Trump administration sidestepped a basic court order.
Warren excoriated NIH Acting Director Matthew Memoli and President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency, Jay Bhattacharya, in a new letter. She decried the “paralytic state” of the NIH amid Trump’s funding cuts. Massachusetts, a national leader in healthcare and scientific research, stands to be particularly affected.
More than a month ago, Warren and Sen. Ed Markey voiced their concerns to Memoli. But Warren said he failed to provide crucial information and that Bhattacharya failed to take a clear position on the impacts of grant freezes during a Senate confirmation hearing.
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