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Letter to Labor-HHS Appropriations Leaders on FY22 Funding for NIH

May 18, 2021

Dear Chairs Murray, DeLauro and Ranking Members Blunt and Cole:

In a year that health care challenges and triumphs continue to surround the COVID-19 pandemic, United for Medical Research (UMR) urges you to keep the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a strong and sustainable path by providing an increase of at least $3.2 billion for the base budget in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations.

Read the full letter:

UMR FY22 L-HHS Appropriations Letter May 2021