Dear Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Granger, and Vice Chairman
Shelby:
Thank you for your past leadership in championing sustained, real growth in medical research
funding. As Congress begins to draft a final fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending package, the 314
undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research urge you to invest robustly in
agencies and programs to improve the nation’s health and well-being, including base funding for
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as a key national priority and to finalize the
appropriations process as expeditiously as possible. The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research is
a coalition of patient and voluntary health groups, medical and scientific societies, academic and
research organizations, and industry, dedicated to enhancing the federal investment in
biomedical, behavioral, social, and population-based research supported by the NIH.
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