[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1352]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  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:

                               S. Res. 93

       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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