Dear Honorable Chairs and Ranking Members:
The 58 member organizations of the NHLBI Constituency Group urge you to include in the FY
2022 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriation bill $46.11 billion for the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), including $3.94 billion for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
A funding level of this amount would allow the NIH to address critical needs related to the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including health disparities and long haul COVID syndrome,
sustain current activities and invest in promising and critically needed scientific research. An FY
2022 appropriation of $46.11 billion for the NIH, including $3.94 billion for NHLBI would permit
the NIH to capitalize on its ability to enhance patient health and care, boost economic growth,
and promote scientific discovery.
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